ELI5, how does 2^0 power equal 1?

Question

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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Answer 1

since we know that
> x^n / x^m = x^(n-m)

we can say that

> 2^1 = 2

> 2^1 / 2^1 = 2^(1-1) = 2^0

> 2 / 2 = 1

therefore 2^0 = 1