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Equipment Safety Verification

A safety inspector uses the function f(x)=5x−44f(x) = \sqrt[4]{5x - 4} to check the load capacity of a support beam. When testing an input of x=−12x = -12, the inspector finds that the function cannot be evaluated to a real value. According to the function's description, why does this specific input fail to produce a real-number result?

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