Question

How do you simplify `-6^0`?

Answer 1

`-6^0=1`

Explanation:

Anything to the 0 power equals 1 except `0^0`.

Answer 2

`-(6)^0=-1`

Explanation:

The answer depends on whether the power of `0` includes only the `6` or if it includes both the `6` and the negative sign. Any number raised to the power of `0` is equal to `1`

Assuming the power includes only the `6`, we could rewrite this as

`-(6)^0=-1`

However, if the power includes both the negative and the `6`, then you could rewrite it as

`(-6)^0=1`

Typically, if the parentheses are omitted, then the scope of the power only reaches the number. So I would go with the first answer.