Anything multiplied by 0 is 0 right so why does x number raised to the power of 0 = 1? isnt it x^0 = x*0 (im turning grade 10 and i asked my teacher about this he told me its because its just what he was taught 💀)
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1 is the multiplicative identity, as in x * 1 = x. Because exponentiation is repeated multiplication, you start with this identity before multiplying your first x.
Similarly 0 is the additive identity, because x + 0 = x. Multiplication is repeated addition, so you start with 0 before adding your first x. This is another reason why x * 0 = 0.
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