QuickBooks is to type in the base. The second box is where you fill in the simplify the exponent using the multiplication property rule of exponents. Multiply. Write a product as one combined power. Write the exponent in the box.

Solution
So we have
[tex]\begin{gathered} 2^2\times2^3\times2^4 \\ \\ =2^9 \end{gathered}[/tex]The answer is
[tex]2^9[/tex]The answer that should be in the box is
[tex]9[/tex]