i get -1 on my calc but my teacher says 1
2006-12-02 07:25:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
anything raised to power 0 is one. thats the rule .Dont ask me why was it made , i am still trying to figure that out:)
2006-12-02 07:49:01 · answer #1 · answered by vivek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything raised to the 0 power is just 1
2006-12-02 15:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by MateoFalcone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
anything to the 0th power is 1. what is happening on your calculator is that you didn't put -1 in parentheses. you should type it in like (-1)^0 instead of -1^0. When you type it the way you did, you are raising 1 to the 0th power and then multiplying by -1, which gives an answer of -1 instead of 1.
2006-12-02 15:40:33 · answer #3 · answered by radha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you are applying power 0 to -1, not to 1. Best way to do this is to enter 1, then press the change sign button, then do the power. If your calculator is genuinely in error, file a report with the manufacturer.
2006-12-02 16:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anything raised to o power is 1 except for 0^0 which is undefined.
the answer to your question would be positive 1.
2006-12-02 20:02:52 · answer #5 · answered by lois lane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.
Every number is 1 when raised to the 0 power. you should pay attention in class
2006-12-02 15:46:44 · answer #6 · answered by nicluvswings 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything raised to the 0 power is 1. Sounds like a glitch in your calculator--that's just the sort of off-the-wall problem that can make them act up.
2006-12-02 15:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by Amy F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any number, other than zero, when raised to the zero power equals 1.
Zero raised to any power equals zero.
Just as an aside, zero is not positive or negative, BUT
zero is an even number! Why? The definition of an even number is any integer that can be divided evenly by 2. Zero divided by 2 equals zero! (Good SAT info!)
p,s, One cannot divide by zero - it's undefined. Example: a vertical slope is undefined because there is no change in the 'x' value, so in the slope formula one would have to be dividing by zero - can't do that! That's why a vertical slope is undefined!
2006-12-02 15:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by popcorn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try entering (-1)^0 in your calculator and not -1^0. The calculator is doing (-1)*(1^0) because of the order of operations.
2006-12-02 15:29:23 · answer #9 · answered by bmusementpark 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
any number (other than 0) raised to the 0th power the answer is 1.
2006-12-02 15:27:54 · answer #10 · answered by AibohphobiA 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably actually calculated
-(1^0) rather than (-1)^0
Try it again with the ( )
I just tried it with my TI-83 and got the -1 the first way and 1 the second (correct) way.
2006-12-02 15:32:30 · answer #11 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋