How do you simplify $(4r^0)^4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-06-15T12:23:46

$=color(blue)(256$ ( assuming $r != 0)$

$(4r^0)^color(blue)(4$
Here, we need to multiply $color(blue)(4)$ with the power of each term within the bracket.

$=4^color(blue)4 .r^(0. color(blue)(4)$

$=256.r^0$

$=256. 1$ ------------- As (any non-zero number) $^0 = 1$

$=color(blue)(256$

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