What cube root equals 500? In other words, what number would you take the cube root of to get 500? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:
∛x = 500
To solve the ∛x = 500 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 3 to eliminate the cube root:
(∛x)³ = 500³
x = 500³
Then, we calculate 500³ to get the following answer:
500³ = 500 × 500 × 500
500³ = 125,000,000
∛125,000,000 = 500
We made the equation above so you will get a full understanding of how to solve problems like this. In the future, note that you can solve all similar problems by simply multiplying the number by itself twice to get the answer.
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