Find the cube root of -125:
3 square root of 125. (1 point)
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The cube root of -125 is -5.
When you take the cube root of a negative number, is the sign of the cube root positive (+) or negative (-)?
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When you take the cube root of a negative number, the sign of the cube root can be either positive or negative. It depends on whether the exponent that you are taking the root of (in this case, 3) is even or odd. In this case, since 3 is odd, the cube root of -125 is negative.