The volume of a cube can be found using the following formula:
V=s^3
where s is the length of one side. We know the volume is 8 cm^3, therefore we can substitute that value in for V.
8 cm^3=s^3
We want to find what the side length is. The side length is being cubed. The inverse of a cube is the cube root. Therefore, we must take the cube root of both sides, or raise both sides to the power of 1/3.