hypertown@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoA meme for math peoplelemmy.worldimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1915arrow-down137
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minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoRule = #^0 = # x 1 Don’t ask why…got it.
minus-squareGlobulart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYup 5^0 can be rewritten as 5^(2-2) 5^(2-2) = (52)/(52) This is a number divided by itself so cancels to 1 every time, regardless of #.
Rule = #^0 = # x 1
Don’t ask why…got it.
No not quite, #^0 = 1
Wait, so 5^0 = 1??
Yup
5^0 can be rewritten as 5^(2-2)
5^(2-2) = (52)/(52)
This is a number divided by itself so cancels to 1 every time, regardless of #.