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Find the length of the unknown leg of the right triangle. Use pencil and paper. Draw the triangle on graph paper and measure to verify the answer.
11.25
6.75
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The length of the unknown leg of the right triangle is
  
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the Pythagorean theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2. Let c = 11.25 (hypotenuse) and one leg = 6.75. Then the other leg is

sqrt(11.25^2 − 6.75^2) = sqrt(126.5625 − 45.5625) = sqrt(81) = 9.

So the unknown leg is 9.