Question

Can you simplify an expression with a 0 exponent

Answer 1

Yes. \[a^{0} = 1\]

Answer 2

Where a can be a number, a variable, a giraffe even.

Answer 3

WHY WOULD YOU PWN A BUNNY ;"(

Answer 4

yes, because a^o= 1

Answer 5

what is \(0^0\)?

Answer 6

1. There's a lot of evidence for it, but some people seem to think it implies that 0/0 = 1.

Answer 7

it is undefined

Answer 8

there are valid reasons to want it to be 1...but there are also valid reasons to want it to be 0

Answer 9

Proven doesn't mean true.
Here is why I think it is 1. This is one of the many sources I pull my opinion from.
http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/ffiles/10005.3-5.shtml
Also, computer science finds it convenient that 0^0 = 1.