Induction involving series with exponents $(1+2+3+\cdots+n)^2=1^3+2^3+3^3+\cdots+n^3$

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Does anyone have any hints for proving the following via mathematical induction?

Obviously the base case is easy enough... I'm getting stuck on how these exponents may be manipulated to show $S_k\Rightarrow S_{k+1}$.

Here is the proposition:

Prove that $(1+2+3+\cdots+n)^2=1^3+2^3+3^3+\cdots+n^3$ for every $n\in\mathbb{N}$.

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Hint:

Show that $1+2+...+n=\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$ and $1^3+2^3+...+n^3=(\frac{n(n+1)}{2})^2$ by induction.