Topics for Today:
We began a discussion about powers, bases and exponents today, and focused on bases with a zero exponent as well as negative exponents.
Summary
- Any non-zero number raised to the zero power equals one!
- Negative exponents are fractions. If a factor is moved up or down in a fraction, the sign of the exponent is changed.
Sections Covered in Textbook:
8-1: Zero and Negative Exponents (pages 394-399)
Resources & Tutorials:
1) What do you do with a zero exponent? 2) What do you do with a negative exponent?
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