Two Motivation Examples that Use the Division Property:
Note the result is always one.
Exponent of Zero. When a nonzero value is raised to the zero power, the result is one.
General Property: a 0 = 1, when a ≠ 0. (Note that division by zero is undefined.)
Examples: 70 = 1
80 = 1
(xy)0 = 1 provided x ≠ 0 and y ≠ 0
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