distance formula: can this distance value be simplified?

bailey07

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find distance between points p1 & p2

p1=(-5,1) p2= (4,3)

..i did the distance formula and my answer turned out to be the square root of 85.
can that be simplified?
 
Re: distance formula

No, since the factors do not include a perfect square.
 
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