In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, upon being presented with a Th.D. (Doctor of Thinkology), the
Scarecrow proudly exclaims, "The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is
equal to the square root of the remaining side." Did the Scarecrow get the Pythagorean theorem right? If
he did not get the theorem correct, specifically point out and describe the errors in the Scarecrow's
statement.
Find another example of math being used in the movies or on television. Explain whether or not the math
was used correctly.
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