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Cube roots are useful when you know the volume of a cube and you want to determine the length of each side of that cube.

For example, if the volume of the cube is , the length of one side is

Another example:


Now you can simplify the radical!

This may be used on the calculator by using math, click the number 4, then 3√, then enter. to get the APPROXIMATE value.