ELI5, how does 2^0 power equal 1?

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I’m doing my GED and passed that math part but this never came up. I saw it on a meme and am lost.
Help!!??

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My math teacher taught me to think of it like this:

What is a number divided by itself? It equals 1. So 2/2=1, 19/19=1, and so on.

What is 3^7 ÷ 3^3 ? It’s 3^(7-3) = 3^4

So now imagine 3^0 as 3^1 ÷ 3^1 = 3^(1-1) . A number divided by itself is always 1, so 3^0 is also = 1.

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