Question

Explain why (–4x)0 = 1, but –4x0 = –4.

Answer 1

Any number raised to power of 0 is 1.
In (-4x)^0, because of the parenthesis, the whole number is being raided to 0, which gives 1.
But in -4x^0, only x is being raised to 0, thus -4x^0 = -4(1) = -4.