Question

true or false

any number with an exponent of 1 equals 0

Answer 1

False. Any number with an exponent of 1 equals the number itself, not 0. For example, \(5^1 = 5\) and \((-3)^1 = -3\). The only number that equals 0 is \(0^1\), but that is a specific case, not true for all numbers.