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Exponential Notation

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Exponential notation writes repeated multiplication compactly: the base is the factor, and the exponent counts how many times the base appears.

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2⁵ means 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 · 2, which equals 32. Five appearances, one small raised number.

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The exponent counts factors, not additions.

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