Question

The main reason we use exponents is because it's a shorter way to write out big numbers. For example, let's say we want to express the following:
\blueD2 \times \blueD2 \times \blueD2 \times \blueD2 \times \blueD2 \times \blueD22×2×2×2×2×2

Answer 1

Ok. Please explain, upto the point, what is your question?