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Can you take the cube root of a negative number? Please explain, thanks

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There is one interesting fact about cube roots that is not true of square roots. Negative numbers can't have real number square roots, but negative numbers can have real number cube roots! ... Remember, when you are multiplying an odd number of negative numbers, the result is negative!

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