Richard C. answered • 02/05/23
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With the exception of zero itself, anything raised to the zero power is 1.
So your equation simplifies to -1-4-9(-1-2)x-5x-11=1+1 provided that x is not equal to zero.
That simplifies to -5-9(-3)x-5x-11=2
-5+27x-5x-11=2
22x-16=2
22x=18
x=9/11
