What raised to the third power equals 512

Step-by-step explanation:

You can solve this two ways,

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Step-by-step explanation:

You can use a calculator for these things but this one is easy so you can find it by guessing but if it is more complicated i suggest you use a calculator:)

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: