When a number \(a\) is multiplied by itself \(n\) times, we can express it as index notation:

It is read as ‘\(a\) to the power of \(n\)’.
For example, \(7\times 7\times 7\times 7\times 7={{7}^{5}}\) and it is read as ‘\(7\) to the power of \(5\)’.
However, do note that \({{7}^{2}},{{7}^{3}},{{7}^{4}},{{7}^{5}}\) and so on are known as ‘powers of \(7\)’.
The power here does not refer to the index in this case.
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