Understanding the Exponent to the Zero Power: Why 4^0 = 1

Question

$4^0=\text{?}$

00:00 Solve the following problem

00:03 Any number raised to the power of 0 equals 1

00:06 As long as the number is not 0

00:09 Apply this formula to our exercise

00:14 This is the solution

To solve this problem, we need to find the value of $4^0$ .

Step 1: According to the properties of exponents, for any non-zero number $a$ , the zero power $a^0$ is always equal to 1.
Step 2: Here, our base is 4, which is a non-zero number.
Step 3: Applying the zero exponent rule, we find:

$4^0 = 1$

Thus, the answer to the question is $1$ , corresponding to choice 3.

$1$