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Write the following in exponential form:-8x *-8x *-8x

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The exponential form of an expression is representing multiple multiplications of the same term in a more condensed form using an exponent.

For example, if we have:


2*2*2*2

We can express this in the exponential form:


2^4

where the exponent represents the number of times that we multiply the same term.

In this case, we have the expression:


-8x*-8x*-8x

We have three times the term -8x multiplied by -8x. We express this in the exponential form as follows:


(-8x)^3

We use the parentheses around -8x because the whole expression is multiplied 3 times, thus the whole expression -8x has to have the exponent.

Answer:


(-8x)^3

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