Answer 1

** 👈🏻 this is an Exponentiation Operator

It is used for raising of one number to the power of another number.

Like if we print 5**2 :- it will raise 5 to the power of 2 that is ( 5² or 5×5) and
show answer output as 25

Answer 2

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