Answer :
An exponent is the number of times you multiply the base number.
Here are examples:
[tex] 4^{2} [/tex]⇒4×4=16
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[tex] 2^{4} [/tex]⇒2×2×2×2=16
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[tex] 16^{1} [/tex]⇒16×1 since the 16 is the one so it's just 16