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My teacher never taught me how to find the index. i watched tons of videos but still don’t know how to solve this problem

My teacher never taught me how to find the index. i watched tons of videos but still-example-1
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SOLUTION

Recall that:

The index is the number outside the sqrt. (it’s 2 if it does not have a number).

The radical is the sqrt symbol.

The radicand is the number inside the sqrt symbol.

The given radical is:


\sqrt[4]{8}

Therefore, from the above definitions, the index is 4

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