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To fill in the blanks, we first calculate \( 8^3 \):

\[
8^3 = (8)(8)(8)
\]

Now let’s calculate it step by step:

1. Calculate \( (8)(8) = 64 \)
2. Now multiply that result by 8:
\( 64 \times 8 = 512 \)

Thus, we find that:

\[
8^3 = 512
\]

So the fully completed statement is:

A power uses an exponent to indicate how many factors of the base are being multiplied.

8^(3)
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8^(3) = (8)(8)(8) = 512