x to the power of 1 means x
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1,000 raised to the power of six equals 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
x(pi+1)/(pi+1)
x to the power 2 = (x to the power 3)/x; x to the power 1 = (x to the power 2)/x; x to the power 0 = (x to the power 1)/x. As x to the power 1 is merely x then the last expression is equivalent to x/x, ie 1.
For example, 10 to the power -2 is defined as being the same as 1 divide by (10 to the power 2).Defining it this way ensures that many common rules for exponents continue being valid for all numbers, positive or negative - for example, (x to the power a) times (x to the power b) = x to the power (a + b).
Is that one? One raised to any positive power is one.