Question

Priya says “I can figure out 5° by looking at other powers of 5. 53 is 125, 52 is 25, then 51 is 5.” What pattern do you notice?

Answer 1

Problem

Priya says “I can figure out 5^0 by looking at other powers of 5. 5^3 is 125, 5^2 is 25, then 5^1 is 5. What pattern do you notice?​

Solution

For this case we see that we have a reduction in terms of the multiple of 5

5^3 = 5^2 *5 = 5*5*5

And we can find the value of

5^0 = 1