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\(N=8\) supergravity has a rich spectrum of black holes charged under the 56 \(U(1)\) gauge fields of the theory. Duality predicts that the entropy of these black holes is related to the quartic invariant of the \(E(7,7)\) group. This prediction is verified in detail by constructing black holes that correspond to supersymmetric bound states of 2-branes at angles and 6-branes. The general bound state contains an arbitrary number of branes rotated relative to each other, and the condition for these rotations to preserve supersymmetry is derived. The microscopic bound state degeneracy matches the black hole entropy in detail. The entire 56 charge spectrum of extremal black holes in \(N=8\) supergravity can be displayed as the orbit under duality of a five parameter generating solution. A new generating configuration consisting of D3-branes at angles is exhibited and its entropy is discussed. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0923.00027].