X cubed = 343^-1 find the positive value of x

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  x = 1/7

Step-by-step explanation:

  x³ = 1/343

  x = 1/∛343 = 1/7

The positive value of x is 1/7.

Additional comment

A square root (or any even-index root) will have both positive and negative real values. A cube root (or any odd-index root) will have only one real value, whose sign will match the sign of the value being rooted.

343^(-1/3) is the cube root of a positive number, so it will be a positive real number.

a complex number is a number that can be expressed in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, and i is a solution of the equation x2 = −1. because no real number satisfies this equation, i is called an imaginary number. has no real solution, since the square of a real number cannot be negative.