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What does 0^0 equal? Why do mathematicians and high school teachers disagree?
Clever student: I know! $latex x^{0}$ = $latex x^{1-1}$ = $latex x^{1} x^{-1}$ = $latex \frac{x}{x}$ = $latex 1$. Now we just plug in x=0, and we see that zero to the zero is one! Cleverer …
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| Aug 24, 2011 | What does 0^0 equal? Why do mathematicians and high school teachers disagree? by ColinWright | 223 | 130 |
