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Algebra basics
Course: Algebra basics > Unit 1
Lesson 3: Exponents- Intro to exponents
- Exponent example 1
- Exponent example 2
- Squaring numbers
- Intro to exponents
- The 0 & 1st power
- Powers of zero
- Meaning of exponents
- 1 and -1 to different powers
- Comparing exponent expressions
- Exponents of decimals
- Powers of whole numbers
- Evaluating exponent expressions with variables
- Variable expressions with exponents
- Exponents review
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Squaring numbers
Introduction
In this article, you'll learn how to square numbers!
Example
Here's how we square the number :
Reflection question
Practice
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- Why is it that when you do exponents of zero it is always 0(23 votes)
- But do not be confused with anything to the power of 0 because that is 1(12 votes)
- khan academy is a great site! ive learned a lot(26 votes)
- Yes, Yes It Is.(2 votes)
- In one of the tutorials the answer stated -1 to the 0 power is +1. I don't understand why. If you have a -1 and you times it by itself 0 times, wouldn't that leave you with -1?(10 votes)
- So this is a trick of conventional logic vs mathematical rules. Don't confuse the absolute value of the event with whether or not the event happened. I'll explain.
-1 times itself 0 times means that -1 was in fact multiplied by itself, the event happened, but to an exponent with an absolute value of 0. Therefore the absolute value of -1 is not affected, it remains 1, but the event still happened, so the signs also have to be multiplied, and a -x- is a +, hence the absolute value remains unchanged but the sign changes.
I hope this makes sense, it is a difficult concept to explain.(11 votes)
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