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How can you rewrite the number 1 as 10 to a power?

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To rewrite 1 as 10 to a power, you'd write 10^0 (ten to the power of zero).

Any non-zero number with the power of zero equals one. You might be wondering why, so to prove this theorem...

2^1
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2^1

Since the numbers are the same on the numerator and denominator, we can agree that the fraction above is equal to 1, yes? It is also equal to...

2^1-1

...because of the quotient rule. And what does 1-1 equal? 0. So you'd get

2^0

This is known as the "zero-exponent rule!"

Hope this helped.
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