What is 0 to the power of 0? (What is 0 to the zero power?)

What is 0 to the power of 0?

Here we will show you the answer to 0 to the power of 0 (zero to the power of zero) and explain how we got the answer.

0 to the power of 0 can be written as x^y where 0 is the base (x) and 0 is the exponent (y) - which means 0^0.

This is a little tricky to answer because of the following two rules:

1) In x^y, if x is 0, then the answer should be 0.

2) In x^y, if y is 0, then the answer should be 1.

Since both x and y are 0 in x^y, both rules above would apply - which means neither rule applies.

Therefore, there is NO answer to "What is 0 to the power of 0?" and we classify it as:

Undefined

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