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Two students simplify (a is not 0).
Student P writes the answer as 0 and Student Q writes the answer as 1.
Who is correct and why?

Class 7Laws of ExponentsNumber System
  • AQ, because
  • BP, because subtracting equal powers gives 0
  • CBoth, the answer can be 0 or 1
  • DNeither, the answer is a

Step-by-Step Solution

, and any non-zero number to the power 0 is 1. So Q is correct.
Answer: A) Q, because

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