<PRE><B>Question 1127727</B>
Describe this more carefully:


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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 
StartRoot 23 EndRoot
23 in and one leg measures 
2 in. Find the length of the other leg.
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Guessing that your problem description is really more this way:
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The hypotenuse of a right triangle is square root of 23, and one leg measures 2 inches.  Find the length of the other leg.
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Using Pythagorean Theorem Formula,
x, the other leg

{{{x^2+2^2=(sqrt(23))^2}}}

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{{{x^2+4=23}}}

{{{x^2=23-4}}}

{{{x^2=19}}}

{{{x=sqrt(19)}}}-------length of other leg</PRE>