
Anam H. answered 01/04/15
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(2x)^3 simplified is 8x^3
Basically in this question the entire term in the parentheses is cubed or put to the third power- in this case the term would be 2x. When you cube 2 you get 8 and when you cube x you get x^3, thus the cube of 2x is 8x^3.
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