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Mato is making a leather belt inlaid with beads. On the first day there were b beads on the belt. On the fourth day, there were b³ beads on the same belt. There were 216 beads on the belt on the fourth day.
How many beads were on the belt on the first day?
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There were beads on the belt on the first day.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
b^3 = 216, so b = ∛216 = 6.

There were 6 beads on the first day.