Today we continued our study of exponents and looked at what happens when the exponents of powers are 0 or negative.
Two important rules were discovered: Anything to the zero power will be 1, and anything to a negative power can be thought of as the reciprocal raised to the positive power. (See page 200 and 201 for further explanation of these rules.)
Tonight's Homework: Lesson 4.7 ( 3 - 33, and 46 - 47 )
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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