nth root implementation

Question

I am working on a way to calculate the n^th root of a number. However, I am having problems with the n^th root of negative numbers.

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Answer 1

    public double root(double num, double root) {
        double y=1;
        double x;
        while(Math.pow(x, root) != num) {
            if(Math.pow(x, root) > num) {
                x=x-y;
                y=y/10;
            } else {
                x=x+y;
            }
        }
        return x;
    }   

This should work fine for you, although it isn't compact it uses as little math functions as possible.