Fill in the blanks!

Question

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

8^(3) - _ - _

8^(3) = (8)(8)(8) = _

Answer 1

Let's fill in the blanks step by step.

1. First blank: The exponent \(3\) indicates that we have \(3\) factors of the base \(8\) being multiplied together.

   So, for the first two blanks:
   8^(3) - 3 - 3

2. Second blank: We need to compute \(8^3\): \[ 8^3 = (8)(8)(8) = 512 \]

Thus, the completed statement is: 8^(3) - 3 - 3
8^(3) = (8)(8)(8) = 512