Given that , find the sum of the digits, including decimal places, of the exact value of .
(You may use a calculator to calculate the digit sum.)
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Factor 2 0 1 5 3 out from our desired value. We have
( 2 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 5 . 0 2 0 1 5 ) 3 = 2 0 1 5 3 × ( 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 1 ) 3 = 2 0 1 5 3 × ( 1 0 5 + 1 + 1 0 − 5 ) 3 .
Expanding ( 1 0 5 + 1 + 1 0 − 5 ) 3 using ( a + b + c ) 3 = a 3 + b 3 + c 3 + 3 ( a 3 b + a b 2 + a 2 c + a c 2 + b 2 c + b c 2 ) + 6 a b c gives
( 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 1 ) 3 = 1 0 1 5 + 3 ( 1 0 1 0 ) + 6 ( 1 0 5 ) + 7 + 6 ( 1 0 − 5 ) + 3 ( 1 0 − 1 0 ) + 1 0 − 1 5 .
Finally, multiply 2 0 1 5 3 , which we know the value of, by these powers of 10. Careful arithmetic gives
( 2 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 5 . 0 2 0 1 5 ) 3 = 8 1 8 1 5 9 8 8 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 9 2 9 4 9 6 4 5 0 8 . 6 5 6 9 1 4 1 9 3 8 5 3 3 7 5 ,
which has digit sum 1 8 9 .