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\sqrt[3]{1728} please help me with this

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Prime factorization of 1728 is 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3
Simplifying the above expression: 26 × 33
Simplifying further: 123
Therefore, the cube root of 1728 by prime factorization is (2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3)1/3 = 12
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