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If the numerator is negative and the denominator is positive then the fraction will be negative. If the numerator is negative and the denominator is negative too then the fraction will be positive.
At your stage of math education, you haven't learned how to handle the squareroot of any negative number yet, whether it's a whole number, a fraction, or adecimal.To indicate the square root of a negative number, temporarily ignore the minus sign,find the square root of the positive number, and then write the letter " i " next tothe answer. That shows that the number is imaginary, and in a few years, you'lllearn what that means and how to work with it.
as a fraction of what?
Yes, the square root of 3 is a real number. (It is not imaginary. The square root of a negative number is imaginary.) The square root of 3 is not a rational number. It cannot be written as a fraction.
There is no simple answer to the question.If only the numerator is negative then the fraction is a negative fraction which may be proper or improper. If the numerator and the denominator have the same sign then the fraction is positive. It is an improper fraction if they are both negative and a proper fraction if they are both positive.