How do you write the verbal expression for #3^3#?
1 Answer
May 1, 2016
"Three cubed" or "Three raised to the third power"
Explanation:
The analog of a square in different dimensions is:
#0# - a point
#1# - a line segment
#2# - a square
#3# - a cube
The measure (length, area, volume, etc.) of these analogs for an
#0# dimensions (point):#a^0 = 1# - one object (points only have count, no dimension).
#1# dimension (line segment):#a^1 = a# - length#a#
#2# dimensions (square)#a^2# - area#a# squared
#3# dimensions (cube)#a^3# - volume#a# cubed.
So in our example
