Examples

• In the operation 3[latex]^{4}[/latex] = 81, the number 81 is the power of 3 raised to the exponent 4.
• In the operation 25[latex]^{\frac{1}{2}}[/latex] = 5, the number 5 is the power of 25 raised to the exponent [latex]\frac{1}{2}[/latex].