What is a base in a power?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-12T20:22:18

A = A power is the number below the exponent in a power.

For example, $5$ would be the base in this power. (The power is the combination of both $5$ and $2$ :

= $5^2$

In other words, $5$ is the number that you "raise" to a power in order to complete the calculation or expression.