• uberrice@feddit.de
    4·
    1 year ago

    Simpler: x^1 = x, x^-1 = 1/x

    x^1 * x^-1 = x^0 = x/x = 1.

    Of course, your explanation is the “correct” one - why it’s possible that x^0=1. Mine is the simple version that shows how logic checks out using algebraic rules.

    • UristEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Of course you both assume x =/= 0 though.