define) What does an exponent tell you about the base?
define) What if the exponent = 0?
define) Zero Power Rule using division of like bases:
1) An exponent tells you how many times the base should be multiplied by itself. For example, if the base is 2 and the exponent is 3, it means that 2 should be multiplied by itself three times: 2 x 2 x 2 = 8.
2) If the exponent is 0, it means that the base should be multiplied by itself 0 times. Any number raised to the power of 0 is equal to 1. So, if the base is 2 and the exponent is 0, 2^0 = 1.
3) The Zero Power Rule states that any non-zero number raised to the power of 0 is equal to 1. When dividing like bases with different exponents but one of the exponents is 0, the rule still applies. For example, if we have 2^4 / 2^0, since 2^0 = 1, the division can be simplified to 2^4 / 1 = 2^4 = 16.