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The reason you use 2 for the exponent when saying a number squared is because you are taking the number with the exponent of 2 and multiplying it by itself. 2^2 = 4 since 2 x 2 = 4. After squared is cubed for an exponent of 3, 2^3 = 8, since 2 x 2 x 2 = 8.

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