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Cube root

What number, multiplied by itself three times, gives this?

The cube root of x is the number which, multiplied by itself three times, gives x.

Notation
∛x = x^(1/3)
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∛27

3, because 3·3·3 = 27.

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∛(−8)

−2 — cube roots of negatives are real (unlike square roots).