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    From Archimedes Plutonium@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 17 23:57:34 2023
    Riddle::

    When we move beyond 1 on the number line and have to multiply that number A as in A^3, that the number is ever increasingly larger than A.

    When we have a number on the number line that is smaller than 1 and larger than 0, that number B in B^3 is ever smaller than B.

    Explain why one moves in a opposite direction A compared to B.

    AP

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