#include <stdio.h>

double power(double x, int p)
{
	double result;
	int i;

	result = 1;
	for (i = 0; i < p; i++)
	{
		result = x*result;
	}

	return result;
}


int main()
{
	double number, s;
	int exponent;

	printf("enter a number and an exponent:\n");
	scanf("%lf %d", &number, &exponent);

	s = power(number, exponent);
	printf("the square of %.2lf is %.2lf\n", number, s);
}