In short, the multiplicative identity is the
number 1, because for
any other
number x,
1*x = x. 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.
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Any non-zero number to the zero power equals one. Zero to any positive exponent equals zero.