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The 3 cube roots of a cubic equation are often going to require complex numbers, and this is one of them. The primary root is (-2) since (-2)3= -8 The other two roots are going to have the same mod (2) but be evenly spaced around the complex plane, so (2pi)/3 angular difference.

These angles are pi/3 and 5pi/3

(2,pi/3) = (1 + √3i) = (1 + 1.732i)

(2,5pi/3) = (1 + -√3i) = (1- 1.732i)

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(-2)3 = -8◄

(1 + √3i)3 = -8

(1 - √3i)3 = -8◄

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