Find the indicated roots. Write the answer in trigonometric form.
-Cube roots of 125(cos 276° + i sin 276°)

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To find the cube roots of a complex number in trigonometric form, $z = r(\cos \theta + i\sin \theta)$, we use the formula for the nth roots: $z_k = \sqrt[n]{r}(\cos(\frac{\theta + 2k\pi}{n}) + i\sin(\frac{\theta + 2k\pi}{n}))$, where $k = 0, 1, ..., n-1$. For cube roots, $n = 3$, and $r = 125$, $\theta = 276°$. Thus, $\sqrt[3]{125} = 5$, and the angles are calculated as $\frac{276° + 2k\pi}{3}$ for $k = 0, 1, 2$. Substituting $k$ values, we get the angles 92°, 212°, and 332°, leading to the roots 5(cos 92° + i sin 92°), 5(cos 212° + i sin 212°), and 5(cos 332° + i sin 332°).

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