Can you find the cube root of a negative number? if so, is it positive or negative? explain your reasoning

Yes you can and it is negative because if you think about it, the answer to the 3rd power is your original question, so for example, - 8 would equal to the answer times itself 3 times

now ask yourself, does 2 times itself 3 times = to - 8

or - 2 times itself 3 times = to - 8