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What is (5x) cubed? I don't know if I should cube the 5, the x, or both.

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5x cubed would be 5x³. Since 5x is one piece of data that you cannot separate, you would just put the 3 at the end of the data piece. Another example would be 2x cubed. My answer would be 2x³.

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