Introduction to Programming using Python 1st Edition

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Chapter 15 - Recursion - Section 15.2 - Case Study: Computing Factorials - Check Point - MyProgrammingLab - Page 503: 15.4

Answer

$x^{1} = x;$ $x^{n} = x^{n-1}; n>1$

Work Step by Step

$x^{n}$ can be written as $x^{n-1}$ by taking $x$ out from the power when n>1. For n=1, $x^{n}$ is $x$
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