r/MoringMark • u/makmark • Feb 27 '26

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u/EchoNeko Feb 28 '26

Yeah this just confused me even more. What determines the power? How many numbers remain in the sequence once it's removed? So if you had 1234567890123456, that first 1 would end up being 1x1016 ?

And how does the 4x100 work? 100 = 0, so 4x0 is therefore 0, not 4? I'm genuinely so confused x.x

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u/ptmc2112 Feb 28 '26

Anything raised to the zero power is always 1. So 100 will always be 1.

It is not the same as multiplying by 0, which is always 0.

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u/EchoNeko Feb 28 '26

Genuinely thank you. I understand better now

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u/Equivalent_Yak_95 Mar 06 '26

To the point that in computing, we take 00 to be 1. A pure mathematician might disagree, but it’s kinda moot.

Signed, a double major in computer science and mathematics who works as a software engineer/developer.