Can you find the cube root of a negative number? if so, is it positive or negative? explain

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Lorenzo

Mathematics

9 August, 01:18

Can you find the cube root of a negative number? if so, is it positive or negative? explain

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Rashad · Answer 1

Yes, you can find the cube root of a negative and it will be a negative number. Think of it like this.

55 = 25

-5x-5=25

BUT

-5x-5x-5x = - 125

The cube root of - 125 is - 5.

This happens because multiplying 2 negatives together gives you a positive, then you multiply that positive number by a negative and get the final result as a negative number!