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cube root
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number which produces a given number when cubed
A cube root is a number that, when multiplied by itself three times, gives you the original number you started with. Understanding cube roots matters because they help solve real-world problems involving volume and three-dimensional measurements, similar to how square roots are useful for working with areas and two-dimensional space.
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It is catalogued under topics including Elementary algebra, Elementary special functions and Unary operations.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- nth root
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- Unicode character
- ∛
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/cube-root
- TeX string
- \sqrt[3]{}
- Commons category
- Cubic root
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
In mathematics, a cube root of a number x is a number y that has the given number as its third power; that is
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cube root” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.