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A data analyst is documenting the logic for a Python script that simplifies network bandwidth formulas, such as 5a8b680a3b24\sqrt[4]{\frac{5a^8b^6}{80a^3b^2}}. The script first reduces the internal fraction to a5b4164\sqrt[4]{\frac{a^5b^4}{16}}. When programming the step to extract the perfect fourth powers from the numerator, the analyst notes in the documentation that because the radical's index is an even number, the extracted variables must be placed inside ______ signs to ensure the output remains non-negative.

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