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How do you simplify the square root of 97? I'm finding the distance from points (-4, 3) and (5, -1) and the distance between them is the square root of 97. But how do i simplify that, if i make it 9 square root of 16, how do i simplify that further? or is that wrong altogether?

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97 is not a pefect square. You can obtain the square root of 97 using a calculator.
Using a calculator, square root of 97 is approximately 9.85
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