SOLUTION: evaluate without using a calculator (-243)^1/5

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Question 564975: evaluate without using a calculator
(-243)^1/5
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(-243)^1/5 = -3
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You can do it without a calculator if you know that.
If you don't know it, then you have to poke around and find it.