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Why does 2 raised by the power of 3 equal to 8?

2 + 2 + 2 equals 6. So why display 8?

6th Jan 2017, 8:09 PM
strangelf47829
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No, it is 2*2*2...
6th Jan 2017, 8:11 PM
Karl T.
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it's 2*2*2 2*2 is 4 4*2 is 8
6th Jan 2017, 10:24 PM
Kamil
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Thank you for being my math teacher!
8th Jan 2017, 6:17 PM
strangelf47829
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Power simply refers to "multiple for times". For eg: If 2 raised is by power of 3 It means 2 is multiplied for 3 times. i.e 2*2*2 which is 8
7th Jan 2017, 9:01 AM
Rishav Chudal
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It is 2³.
6th Jan 2017, 11:04 PM
Bronko