How do you simplify $root3(-125)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-24T14:15:42

$-5$

This is equivalent to asking which number when cubed (multiplied by itself 3 times) gives -125 as an answer.

Hence the answer is $- 5$ since $(-5)^3=-125$

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