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A manufacturing quality assurance team is analyzing the material required for a new machine bracket. The difference in volume between two cubic sections of the bracket is represented by the expression (x+5)364x3(x + 5)^3 - 64x^3. To simplify the analysis, an engineer needs to factor this expression using the difference of cubes formula: a3b3=(ab)(a2+ab+b2)a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^2). Which of the following correctly identifies the exact base values, aa and bb, that the engineer must recall to begin applying the formula?

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