Zero and Negative EXPONENTS

A nonzero number to the zero power is 1: Basically that means: ANYTHING RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER (EXCEPT ZER0) IS 1!!!! A nonzero number to the zero power is 1: Basically that means: ANYTHING RAISED TO THE ZERO POWER (EXCEPT ZER0) IS 1!!!!

We can not have negative exponents, so we have two rules dealing with negatives!!

Negative Exponents 1 st Negative Exponent Rule: is just the reciprocal of And when we do the reciprocal, there will not be a negative in the denominator. 1 st Negative Exponent Rule: is just the reciprocal of And when we do the reciprocal, there will not be a negative in the denominator. 1 st Negative Exponent Rule: is just the reciprocal of And when we do the reciprocal, there will not be a negative in the denominator. 1 st Negative Exponent Rule: is just the reciprocal of And when we do the reciprocal, there will not be a negative in the denominator. 1 st Negative Exponent Rule: is just the reciprocal of And when we do the reciprocal, there will not be a negative in the denominator. 1 st Negative Exponent Rule: is just the reciprocal of And when we do the reciprocal, there will not be a negative in the denominator.

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Negative Exponents 2 nd Negative Exponent Rule You do not want a negative exponent in the denominator.

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