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James says,

"When you cube any negative number you always get a negative number."
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James is right.
Explain why.

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Jamie is right because when you cube a number, you multiply it by itself three times. And we know that when 3 negative numbers are multiplied are product will be negative.

User Michael Sander
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-3^3 = -27

Explanation:

Thats because -3^3 is (-3×3×3) not (-3×-3×-3) which we are multiplying a the constant not the the powers

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