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OpenStudy (anonymous):

i need help with exponents :( question is in the comments below

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Simplify?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Do you know what 0^0 would give us?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is it 1

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Well. To the 0th power mean that you are multiplying zero, zero times. So what would that give us?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0. but i thought that when a number was put to the 0th power it was 1.

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Hmm. Let me check.

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Skip that for now, okay?

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

What would 3^3 give us?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay, it would give you 27

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Correct. Now lets do the denominator. What would 2^5 give us?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

32

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

Okay. What would 4^3 give us?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

WAIT OH NO I LEFT SOMETHING OUT IN THE QUESTION theres suppose to be a -1 exponent outside the parentheses. sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and 64.

OpenStudy (goldphenoix):

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