what does it mean when they say "write the equal factors"for exponents?

Question

what does it mean when they say "write the equal factors"for exponents?

for examples 9 to the ninth power
and write it in egual factors

Answer 1

Sounds like that would be write out an exponential expression in terms of products of equal factors.
For example, 3^4 would be 3x3x3x3
The 3's are all equal to each other, and they are factors, that is, elements multiplied together.
Another example might be something like
(x+1)^4
That would be
(x+1)(x+1)(x+1)(x+1)

Answer 2

x² = x•x
x^5 = x•x•x•x•x
and so on