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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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Q: Can the radicand be negative when the index is even?
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Any radical expression with a radicand and an even index is not a real number?

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The number or expression inside a radical symbol?

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What is the root of a number?

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