SOLUTION: I recently had a quiz at school and one of the problems i missed was 3 on the out side if the radicand sign and then 500 on the inside, may you please tell me how i could go about

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Question 27821: I recently had a quiz at school and one of the problems i missed was 3 on the out side if the radicand sign and then 500 on the inside, may you please tell me how i could go about solving it?

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the cube root of 500. The cube root of 500 can be expressed with exponents: %28500%29%5E%281%2F3%29
500+=+125%2A4%29 = %285%5E3%29%284%29
%28500%29%5E%281%2F3%29=%28%285%5E3%29%284%29%29%5E%281%2F3%29=5%284%29%5E%281%2F3%29
The answer:
The cube root of 500 = 5%284%29%5E%281%2F3%29