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I'm not sure how to ask but I hope you will understand.

Let's say we have such root: $$m\sqrt[2] n$$ or $$2\sqrt[2]3$$ So could you please tell me how to call m or 2 and n or 3 and how to say everything combined. I hope you understand what I am asking

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The quantity inside the radical ("$\sqrt{\hspace{.1in}}$") is called the radicand. The quantity above the radical is called the index. I would call the quantity preceding the radical a coefficient, but that has nothing to do with the radical.

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