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No not quite, #^0 = 1
Wait, so 5^0 = 1??
Yup
5^0 can be rewritten as 5^(2-2)
5^(2-2) = (5^2)/(5^2)
This is a number divided by itself so cancels to 1 every time, regardless of #.