Alright so I have an exam tomorrow and I have a question regarding the rules of exponents. Whats is the answer to (-3)^0 and -3^0, and how do the answers vary?
Thanks for the help I REALLY appreciate it.
Thanks for the help I REALLY appreciate it.
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(-3)^0 means you're taking -3 and raising it to the 0 power. Anything to the 0 power is 1, so the answer is 1.
-3^0 means you're taking 3, raising it to the 0 power, and then negating it, so the answer is -1, not 1.
(-3^0) is the same as -3^0. It's just that they put the whole thing in parenthesis for some reason, but mathematically it's the same.
I hope this information was very helpful.
-3^0 means you're taking 3, raising it to the 0 power, and then negating it, so the answer is -1, not 1.
(-3^0) is the same as -3^0. It's just that they put the whole thing in parenthesis for some reason, but mathematically it's the same.
I hope this information was very helpful.
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Any number raised to the power of zero is equal to one by definition. Thus:
(-3)^0 = 1
Note, the brackets round the whole of -3 means 'minus three raised to the power of zero.
Now:
-3^0 = -1 because -3^0 means -(3)^0.
(-3)^0 = 1
Note, the brackets round the whole of -3 means 'minus three raised to the power of zero.
Now:
-3^0 = -1 because -3^0 means -(3)^0.
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They are the exact same, anything to the power of zero=1
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(-3)º = 1
-3º = -(3º) = -1
-3º = -(3º) = -1