write without exponents

a ^5 x a ^2 without exponents When we multiply the same variable or number, we add exponents, so we have: a^(5 + 2) a^7 To write a variable raised to an exponent without exponents, we break it up. The formula to do this is: a^n = a times itself n times a^7 = a * a * a * a * a * a * a