Re: Having trouble with 92...


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Re: Having trouble with 92...



In <01bba58c$38c59d20$244445c7@xscott52.earthlink.net> "Xavier Scott"
<joe@microsoft.com> writes:
>


>When I put in    (-27)^(1/3)     and press enter,  I get the following
>answer:
>
>  3/2+3*sqrt(3)/2*i.
>
>What's with that?  I know the answer is supposed to be -3.  Can anyone
tell
>me whay it is doing this?
>


  to get the answer you are looking for change the complex format to
real, you have it in rectangular (polar will give other answers).


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