Complex number, strangely written

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Find all the complex solutions of the equation:

$$\frac{z^3}{i} = 1$$

I mean is this the same thing as $$z^3 = i$$?

Because I don't understand why my teacher would put it like that on a test. At this level of mathematics we should obviously know how to re-arrange variables in such a simple equation..

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Note that $\frac{1}{i} = -i$. So $\frac{z^3}{i} = -iz^3$. From here, you can just multiply both sides by $i$. In short, you are correct, and it is indeed strange that it was written like that on your exam.