B bailey07 New member Joined Feb 19, 2008 Messages 26 Apr 1, 2008 #1 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?
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?
R royhaas Full Member Joined Dec 14, 2005 Messages 832 Apr 1, 2008 #2 Re: distance formula No, since the factors do not include a perfect square.
