Any non-zero number, raised to the zero power is equal to 1.
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If that little zero is a superscript, like this: 20 Then it means "to the power of zero". Zero is a very special exponent, as anything to the power of zero equals one (except zero itself. 00 is undefined).
When we raise a number to the zeroth power, that means we multiply the number by itself zero times. So, the reason that any number to the zero power is one is because any number to the zero power is just the product of no numbers at all, which is the multiplicative identity, 1.
Zero to any power is always zero.
It is 1 because everything to the zero power is 1.
The inconsistency is the following:Any number raised to the power zero is equal to one.Zero raised to any power is equal to zero.