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The longest side of dee right triangle (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
The slanted side, dee hypotenuse (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
The shortest distance from here to there (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
The di-a-gon-al inside a square (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
(Sum dee squares and you then square root)
Chorus 1:
Hey, Pythagoras, tell me what to do
I come to you in me toga and say: sum dee squares and you then square root
Sum dee squares and you then square root
(hey)
Verse 2:
The longest side of dee right triangle (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
The slanted side, dee hypotenuse (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
It goes below, with dee sine or a cosine (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
It’s faster travel if you don’t have dee much time (Sum dee squares and you then square root)
Chorus 2:
Hey, Pythagoras, tell me what to do
I come to you in me toga and say: sum dee squares and you then square root
Hey, Pythagoras, which is dee way I choose?
I don’t know any yoga, but say: sum dee squares and you then square root
Sum dee squares and you then square root
(hey)
(hey hey)
Verse 3:
Find dee leg of a right triangle (Difference of the squares, then root)
You know hypotenuse, now work it back mon (difference of the squares, then root)
The height of ladder up against a house (difference of the squares, then root)
Help find area of an isosce-louse (what?) (difference of the squares, then root)
Chorus 3:
Hey, Pythagoras, tell me what to do
“I don’t have coconut, but I say”: (difference of dee squares then root)
Hey, Pythagoras, what else can I do?
Change dee sign, then go back in time: (difference of the squares, then root)
Last Chorus:
Pythagorean Theorem (sum dee squares and you then square root)
Pythagorean Theorem (difference of the squares, then root)
a² + b² = c² (sum dee squares and you then square root,
c²- a² = b² (difference of the squares then root)
sum dee squares and you then square root,
difference of the squares then root
Operations with squares, square root)
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