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What is a number raised to the second power please help

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\text{A power is a short way to represent same multiplication.}
\text{The power has a base and an exponent. The base is the number that is}
\text{being multiplied.}
\text{The exponent tells how many times the base is multiplied.}


\text{The power if a negative base is a positive if the exponent is even}
\text{,and negative if the exponent is odd.}



\text{Power of two = two squared}

User Gurjinder Singh
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A number raised to the second power has an exponent above it. To the second power means the number multiplied by itself once.

x^2 is equal to (x)(x)

Hope this helps :)
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