The area of the cube would be 512cm^3.
When finding the area of a cube, you must multiply length, width, and height. Since a cube has square shaped faces, the length, width, and height are the same. So you'd multiply 8*8*8. To make the answer correct, you add the unit of measurement (centimeters) and cube it (^3), since you were finding volume.
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