What is an exponent that has a value between 0 and 1?

Choose any number such that :

0 < x <1  (it's certainly a decimal number, ex: 0.8; 03; 0.458; 0.9587; etc.

 y = aˣ  ( a≠ 1 ; a≠ 0   and  0<x<1) 

Example: y = aˣ ( assume a = 2 and x = 0.8) → y = 2⁰.⁸ = 1.741101

Distributive property