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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.
27.25
22.75
​(The figure is not drawn to​ scale.)
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the Pythagorean theorem with 27.25 as the hypotenuse and 22.75 as one leg:

unknown leg = sqrt(27.25^2 − 22.75^2)
= sqrt((27.25 − 22.75)(27.25 + 22.75))
= sqrt(4.5 × 50)
= sqrt(225)
= 15.

So the unknown leg is 15 (same units as the given lengths).