SOLUTION: Can you please help me simplify -5x^0 please? Thanks!

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Question 43112: Can you please help me simplify -5x^0 please? Thanks!
Found 2 solutions by tutorcecilia, fractalier:
Answer by tutorcecilia(2152) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Any number raised to the zero power is 1.
So -5x^0 = (-5)(1) = -5

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since anything to the zero power is 1, we have
-5x^0 = -5(1) = -5