It was the end; coma was coming; the mind was departing with the breath. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Emile Zola It was not long before they were reduced to a coma of hunger.
The zero exponent rule is one of the rules that will help you simplify exponents. Let's first define some terms as they relate to exponents. When you have a number or variable raised to a power, the number (or variable) is called the base, while the superscript number is called the exponent, or power.
Fractional Exponents. In a fractional exponent, the numerator is the power to which the number should be taken and the denominator is the root which should be taken. Order does not matter when evaluating exponents--it is usually easier to take the root first, and then take the power.