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The rule is that any number raised to the power of 0 equals to 1.
So if 2 or 1,000,000 is raised to the power of 0 it equals 1.
But 0 to the power 0 is undefined!
0 to any positive power is 0, so 0 to the power 0 should be 0. But any positive number to the power 0 is 1, so 0 to the power 0 should be 1. We can't have it both ways. Underlying this argument is the same idea as was used in the attempt to define 0 divided by 0.
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____________
(b)
The slope of the tangent line is
____________
(c)
The absolute minimum value of f occurs at a critical point where f'(x) = 0 or at endpoints.
Solving f'(x) = 0
Use zero factor property to solve.
Set cos(x) - sin(x) = 0
cos(x) = 0 when x = π/2, 3π/2, but x = π/2. 3π/2 are not solutions to the equation. Therefore, we are justified in dividing both sides by cos(x) to make tan(x):
We check the values of f at the end points and these two critical numbers.
There is only one negative number.
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