Evaluate the following expressions:

a. 11^0
b. 11^2 / 11^2
c. are the answers to parts a and b the same? Explain why or why not?

anything to the 0 power is 1

anything divided by itself is one unless the denominator is zero.

http://www.google.com/#q=11%5E0+%3D+

http://www.google.com/#q=11%5E2+%2F+11%5E2++%3D

http://www.mathsisfun.com/exponent.html

What is a number divided by itself? For instance, what is 2/2?

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