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Alijah Vera-Tucker says he’s yet to use a particular high school lesson

Typically a fairly quiet presence on social media, New York Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker came out of nowhere on Championship Sunday with a tweet that thousands of fans seemed to relate with.

Day 1,697 since graduating from high school and I have yet to use the Pythagorean theorem

— Alijah Vera-Tucker (@ALIJAHVT) January 30, 2022

“Day 1,697 since graduating from high school and I have yet to use the Pythagorean theorem,” Vera-Tucker tweeted.

Commonly taught in schools around the world, the Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) is used to determine the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle.