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document.write( "Using one of the laws of exponents, prove that any number raised to the 0'th power equals 1. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a/a = 1 as long as a is not zero.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But a/a = a^(1-1) = a^0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So a^0 = 1 as long as a is not zero<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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