Fill in the blanks!

Question

Evaluating a Power
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

To fill in the blanks, we have:

1. The expression \( 8^{(3)} - _ - _ \) can be written as \( 8^{(3)} = (8)(8)(8) \).
2. Therefore, the two blanks can be filled with the same thing, which is \( 8^{(3)} \).

So, we have:

1. First blank: \( 8^{(3)} \)
2. Second blank: \( 8^{(3)} \)
3. Final evaluation: \( 8^{(3)} = (8)(8)(8) = 512 \)

Putting it all together:

\[ 8^{(3)} - 8^{(3)} - 8^{(3)} \]

Thus, the filled-in version looks like this:

\[ 8^{(3)} - 8^{(3)} - 8^{(3)} \]

And,

\[ 8^{(3)} = (8)(8)(8) = 512 \]