\displaystyle[br]\begin{equation*} 3^x \times 3^y = \underbrace{3 \times 3 \times \cdots \times 3}_{x \, \text{times}} \times \underbrace{3 \times 3 \times \cdots \times 3}_{y \, \text{times}} = \underbrace{3 \times 3 \times \cdots \times 3}_{x+y \, \text{times}}\end{equation*}
3^x \times 3^y = \underbrace{3 \times 3 \times \cdots \times 3}_{x+y\,\text{times}}\end{equation*} = 3^{x+y}
\displaystyle[br]\begin{equation*} (a^x)^y = a^{\overbrace{x + x + \cdots + x}^{y \, \text{times}}} = a^{xy}\end{equation*}
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