eli5: why is x⁰ = 1 instead of non-existent?

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It kinda doesn’t make sense.
x¹= x

x² = x*x

x³= x*x*x

etc…

and even with negative numbers you’re still multiplying the number by itself

like (x)-² = 1/x² = 1/(x*x)

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Anonymous 0 Comments

although you’ve gotten many good answers, I thought you might find this video on 0⁰ interesting:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0_mi8ngNnM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0_mi8ngNnM)

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