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Lesson 4: Numbers Raised to the Zeroth Power

Classwork


For any numbers , , and any positive integers , , the following holds









(1)









(2)






.



(3)



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Exercise 1
List all possible cases of whole numbers and for identity (1). More precisely, when
and
, we already
know that (1) is correct. What are the other possible cases of and for which (1) is yet to be verified?

Exercise 2
Check that equation (1) is correct for each of the cases listed in Exercise 1.

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Exercise 3

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Do the same with equation (2) by checking it case-by-case.

Exercise 4
Do the same with equation (3) by checking it case-by-case.

Exercise 5
Write the expanded form of

using exponential notation.

Exercise 6
Write the expanded form of

using exponential notation.

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Problem Set

Let
1.

be numbers

. Simplify each of the following expressions of numbers.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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