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Given that the radicand is part of the question, not part of the answer, you can make the radicand whatever you want it to be. However, in any given root sum, for example, sqrt(-4), if the index is even, such as it is in a square root sum, the answer will always be positive. If the index is odd, and the radicand is negative, the answer will also be negative.
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Any radical expression with a radicand and an even index is not a real number?
negative
Any radical expression with a negative radicand and a index is a real number?
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What are the parts of radical expression?
Index, radicand, and radical :) lmfao
Can a radicand be negative?
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Where is the index in a radical equation?
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