document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=175544>Question 175544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What does the little number inside the \"v\" of the square root sign mean? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm trying to help my son & don't remember ever learning that one. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "suare root of -8 with a little \"3\" in the \"v\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #130625 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=130625\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is the problem <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%283%2C-8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%283%2C-8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >??? If so, then this reads: \"the cubed root of -8\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What this is asking is: what number multiply by itself 3 times will give you -8?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-2%29%28-2%29%28-2%29=%28-2%29%284%29=-8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-2%29%28-2%29%28-2%29=%28-2%29%284%29=-8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, this shows us that -2 multiplied by itself 3 times is -8. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=root%283%2C-8%29=-2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"root%283%2C-8%29=-2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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