document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=466787>Question 466787</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 4a^-5b^5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12a^3b^-5 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " all to the 0 power.. would this just be 1?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know it would simplify to<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 3b^10 but i dont know what to do with the 0 power<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #320068 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=320068\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> it looks to me like your equation would be:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "anything to the 0 power is equal to 1, so the whole thing should reduce to be equal to 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you can go through the exercise of simplifying the expression, but if the whole thing is raised to the 0 power, then the answer has to be 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i show the reduced formula to be equal to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you follow the rules of exponentiation through, this becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E%2810%2A0%29%2F%283%5E0%2Aa%5E%288%2A0%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E%2810%2A0%29%2F%283%5E0%2Aa%5E%288%2A0%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E0%2F%283%5E0%2Aa%5E0%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E0%2F%283%5E0%2Aa%5E0%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%281%2A1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%281%2A1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.\r<BR>\n" );
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