What are the prime factors of 36 using exponents

Prime factorization of 100 is 2 x 2 x 5 x 5 or 22 x 52

Prime factorization of 76 is 2 x 2 x 19 or 22 x 191

Prime factorization of 50 is 2 x 5 x 5 or 2 x 52

Prime factorization of 48 is 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 or 24 x 31

if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.