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What is 6 to the Power of 2?

Answer – 6 to the power of 2 or 62 or 6 raised to the power of 2 is 36.

Explanation:

In exponential notation, a number x (called the base) having an exponent n is represented as xn and is read as “x to the power of n” or “x to the nth power.” This simply means that x is multiplied by itself n times.

For example, 23 can be read as 2 to the power of 3 and means that 2 is multiplied by itself 3 times:

23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8

Exponential notation proves quite useful while writing mathematical equations/expressions as it allows for concise presentation.

In the given question, 6 to the power 2, or 62, simply means that 6 must be multiplied by itself twice.

So 62= 6 × 6 = 36

Therefore, 6 to the power of 2 is 36.

Similarly, 63 = 6 × 6 × 6 = 216, 64 = 6 × 6 × 6 × 6 = 1296 , and so on.


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