Charlee is using her calculator to find the product of two large numbers. Her calculator shows 1.78^12 on the display. Interpret what this means.
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To interpret this, we need to understand that the symbol ^ represents exponentiation. So, 1.78^12 means that Charlee's calculator is showing the result of raising the number 1.78 to the power of 12. In other words, Charlee's calculator is displaying the value of 1.78 raised to the 12th power.