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Originally posted by Ethan
What do we mean when we use the symbol ^ ? I just got more confused . . . but thanks JadziaDax for the link. I will try it and see if it helps. I was hoping that maybe some one could illustrate the equation with a word problem or diagram that would make more sense. At this point, 'n' to the power of 0 = 1 just seems like a fomula that is used even though it does not seem like a rational equation.
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Wow, you are totally green! I didn't follow that link but I'm sure it will help. If it doesn't, it will probably mean that you haven't learned enough math yet to understand any specific explanation given to you.
Here's a simple plain-english explanation. It's consistent with the other rules concerining the power of numbers and it's convenient. So, we define n to the power of 0 to be equal to 1.
Oh, and ^ is used to represent exponentiation. So, 2^3 is the same thing as saying 2 to the power of 3, or 8.
You couldn't figure this out from context?