Solving Equations Involving Cubes and Cube Roots

The video tutorial covers solving equations involving cubes and cube roots. It begins by explaining the concept of cubing a number as finding the volume of a cube and taking the cube root as finding the side length of a cube with a given volume. The tutorial emphasizes the inverse relationship between cubing and cube rooting, demonstrating this with examples. It then guides viewers through solving equations using cube roots, highlighting that unlike squaring, cubing does not yield both positive and negative solutions. The tutorial concludes with examples of cubing negative numbers and verifying solutions.

What does it mean to cube a number?

How do you find the cube root of a number?

Explain the relationship between cubing a number and cube rooting a number.

What is the cube root of 64 and how do you verify it?

Can a cube root of a negative number exist? Provide an example.