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A software developer is testing a data validation script for a mathematical engine. The script is programmed to flag expressions that do not result in a real number. When the script evaluates the expression (25)32(-25)^{\frac{3}{2}}, it will flag it as an error because the square root of a negative base is not a(n) ________ number.

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