SOLUTION: Simplify 5th root of -1

Question 90029: Simplify

5th root of -1
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Whenever you take an odd root of a negative number, you don't have to worry about imaginary numbers. So think to yourself: What number multiplied by itself 5 times will get you -1? The number has to be -1 since no other number multiplied by itself will equal -1.

So

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