Write the definition of a method powerto, which receives two parameters. the first is a double and the second is an int. the method returns a double. if the second parameter is negative, the method returns zero. otherwise it returns the value of the first parameter raised to the power of the second parameter.

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Albert Palmer

9 May, 06:31

Write the definition of a method powerto, which receives two parameters. the first is a double and the second is an int. the method returns a double. if the second parameter is negative, the method returns zero. otherwise it returns the value of the first parameter raised to the power of the second parameter.

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Rylan Hughes · Answer 1

The case of x⁰=1 is one you shouldn't overlook!

double powerto (double f, int exponent)

{

if (exponent < 0) { return 0; }

if (exponent = = 0) { return 1.0; }

while (--exponent > 0) { f * = f; }

return f;

}