SOLUTION: When do you need an exponent to equal zero? When do you need an exponent that is negative? What makes these exponents useful? Thanks much! This is all one question on my homewor

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Question 1055944: When do you need an exponent to equal zero? When do you need an exponent that is negative? What makes these exponents useful?
Thanks much! This is all one question on my homework.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Numbers by themselves do not know what YOU want. YOU need to know when you want an exponent to be zero, or when to be negative. You must know what your application is; the numbers do not know this.