document.write( "Question 431664: I don't know how to type this so forgive me if its wrong
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I don't know how to type this so forgive me if its wrong
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document.write( "That's not called \"square root\".  It's called \"CUBE root\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "∛-125\r\n" );
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document.write( "You have to think of a number that when used three times as\r\n" );
document.write( "a factor, that is, CUBED, the product is -125.\r\n" );
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document.write( "By trial and error:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(-1)³ = (-1)(-1)(-1) = (+1)(-1) = -1.  That's not it. \r\n" );
document.write( "(-2)³ = (-2)(-2)(-2) = (+4)(-2) = -8.  That's not it. \r\n" );
document.write( "(-3)³ = (-3)(-3)(-3) = (+9)(-3) = -27.  That's not it. \r\n" );
document.write( "(-4)³ = (-4)(-4)(-4) = (+16)(-4) = -64.  That's not it. \r\n" );
document.write( "(-5)³ = (-5)(-5)(-5) = (+25)(-5) = -125.  That's it!\r\n" );
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document.write( "∛-125 = -5\r\n" );
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