Phillip R. answered  09/16/14
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the exponent tells you how many times to multiply the base number by itself.
for 35 the base number or base is 3 and the exponent is 5
the value is 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 which has 3 multiplied by itself five times
So your question is going in the opposite direction.
Rather than going from a power and expanding it, we have the expanded form and we are asked to write the power
3 x 3 x 3 is written  33
    
    
            
                    
                    
                    
Skjfhiewudjk A.
thats wrong. its 3 to the power of 4.08/17/22