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Why can you take the cube root of a negative number?

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Answer: The reason that we can't have the square (or quartic) root of a negative number is that two negatives always cancel to give a plus; so the square root of a negative number is undefined. ... The Real cube root of any negative Real number is negative.bc. a negativ number multiplied by it self 3 time result negativ too

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Answer:

you can because the real cube root of any negative real number is negative.

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