SOLUTION: Can someone explain to me if there is rule about when the exponents are 0? when adding like terms x^0 is cancelled? but when solving a problem 2^0 is 1? I feel like im missing so

SOLUTION: Can someone explain to me if there is rule about when the exponents are 0? when adding like terms x^0 is cancelled? but when solving a problem 2^0 is 1? I feel like im missing so

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Question 234149: Can someone explain to me if there is rule about when the exponents are 0?
when adding like terms x^0 is cancelled? but when solving a problem 2^0 is 1?
I feel like im missing something?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

ℂ,

Therefore if

was "cancelled" when adding like terms, there must have been a -1 somewhere to cancel it. Now if

is a factor (as opposed to a term), then it can just go away because

ℂ,

John

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