Wizard of Oz, Scarecrow's Mathematical Error...

Near the end of the Wizard of Oz, when the Wizard gives the Scarecrow his Th.D. (Doctor of Thinkology) Diploma, the Scarecrow proudly "shows off" his gift of a brain by reciting a seemingly complex mathematical theorem believed to be known as the Pythagorean Theorem. However, the Scarecrow seemingly unknowingly recites an incorrect version of the Pythagorean Theorem with these words: "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an Isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side." See here:    • Wizard of Oz, Scarecrow's Mathematical Err...   Students familiar with Geometry will immediately recognize that the Pythagorean Theorem sums the squares (i.e. not square roots) of the two smallest sides, called legs (i.e. not any two sides), and that sum equals the square (i.e. not square root) of the longest side, called the hypotenuse (i.e. not any remaining side) always of a Right Triangle, which has a right angle opposite the hypotenuse (i.e. not an Isoceles Triangle, which has two equal sides, which will not have a right angle unless it is an Isosceles Right Triangle). Interesting to note is that Danny Kaye got the Pythagorean Theorem right -- even while singing and dancing with children to boot -- in his rendition of "The Square of the Hypotenuse" in the movie entitled Merry Andrew (1958), when he sang and danced with his students to these lyrics: "The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the two adjacent sides." See here:    • Pythagorean Theorem (Correct) in Merry And...   GOOD TO KNOW! http://www.HighPerformanceCopywriting... #HighPerformanceCopywriting #HPCopywriting Movie Credit: The Wizard of Oz (1939); Merry Andrew (1958)