Simplify the root. 4 − 625 ^4\sqrt{-625}

Here, we need to simplify the fourth root of negative 625. Now, since my index here is even and we have a negative under our radical, that means that we can't simplify this with the tools that we have now, and our answer is that this is simply imaginary.

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Simplify the root.
$^{4} \sqrt{- 625}$

$negative 5$

$0.2$

$5$

Imaginary

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