Question

what are exponents and powers?

Answer 1

For example , The number 5 is called the base, and the number 2is called the exponent. The exponent corresponds to the number of times the base is used as a factor. Multiplication: If two powers have the same base then we can multiply the powers. When we multiply two powers we add their exponents . 

Answer 2

EXPONENTS : is a quantity representing the power to which some other quantity is raised. It is not important that exponent can only be numbers or constants but they can be variables too. POWER : The power of number says how many times to use the number in a multiplication.