Question

What is the index of a radical? When working with radicals, can the radicand be negative when the index is odd? Can it be negative when the index is even?

Answer 1

index is the number resting in teh crotch of the radical

Answer 2

odd abd negative give real solutions; even and negative is possible, but it gives complex solutions

Answer 3

if you are looking for real solutions; then even and negative is bad...

Answer 4

ok...sounds easy enough...I think

Answer 5

and if you ever have a negitive under the radical you must pull out an i which means it's on the imeginary number system

Answer 6

Thank you so much:)