SOLUTION: 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?

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Question 473118: 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?
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