Question

What does it mean for a product of factors to be expressed using exponents

Answer 1

Product factor is an expression in where you multiply the same value digit SEVERAL times
Exponent is the expression in where you convert product factor expression into a more brief (shorter) expression
For example of product factor:
-> 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3
As you can see, 3 is multiplied many times, that makes it more extended.
Now, let’s make this product factor shorter using exponent.
-> since 3 is multiplied 3 times the exponent expression is:
-> 3 3 in where 3 is the base and the other 3 is called exponent.