To express 48 as a product of prime numbers using exponents, we need to factor 48 into its prime factors.
The prime factorization of 48 is: 48 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 = 2^4 × 3^1
Thus, the correct response is:
2 Superscript 4 Baseline times 3 (which represents \( 2^4 \times 3^1 \)).