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4. Extension: You will remember from previous two units that √-25 can't be evaluated with real

numbers. This unit we are evaluating third roots and beyond, for example √-27 = -3.
(a) Explain why you can evaluate a third root with a negative radicand.

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Because the third power of a negative number is a negative number.

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