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What is the exponent used in cubing a number

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43 indicates that the base number 4 is used as a factor 3 times. To determine the value of 43, multiply 4*4*4 which would give the result 64. Cubes indicate that the exponent has a value of three.
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2 is squared, 3 is cubed
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