Question

Find the value of $4^3\times 2^3$.
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Answer 1

Notice that here the two terms $4^3$ and $2^3$ have different bases, but the same exponents.

$4^3\times 2^3=(4\times 4\times 4)\times (2\times 2\times 2)$
$=(4\times 2)\times (4\times 2)\times (4\times 2)=8^3=512$