How do you simplify and write #(-5.3)^0# with positive exponents?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Remember the identity
=
=
Similarly
=
=
and hence
or
Hence for any number
if
or
or
Hence zero power of any number
Hence
In support of Shwetank's answer
Explanation:
Further demonstration of what is happening by example
Suppose we had
Write as
This is the same as:
Another way of writing
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Lets look at this example again but in another way
write
This can also be written as
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Consider
Suppose we gave the value of 3 to
Suppose we had
But
So
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Note that
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