Jul 14, 2024
A fun cube root simplification problem.
[Click here for a PDF version of this post] I saw a thumbnail of a cube root simplification problem on youtube, and tried it myself before watching the video. I ended up needing two hints from the video to solve the problem. The problem was to simplify \begin{equation}\label{eqn:cuberootsimplify:20} x = \lr{ \sqrt{5} – 2 }^{1/3}. \end{equation} My guess was that the solution was of the…