1. What is three to the 0th power? The factored form of three-to-the-0th would consist of three multiplied by itself, zero times. What does that mean?
2. Is zero the same as nothing? What happens if you stand in a telephone booth and dial nothing? What happens if you stand in a telephone booth and dial zero?
3. The grouping symbols in (13+34+27)Ñ(12+9+17) tell you to do all the additions first, before you do the multiplication. Work this problem on a calculator. What do you have to do to get your operations grouped correctly? What is the answer?
