If you were to a cut a 16 inch diameter pizza into 10 equal slices, what would be the area of each slice?

1 Answer
May 18, 2018

#A_("Slice")=20.11# #"in"^2#

Explanation:

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The area of a circle is given by:

#A_("Circle")=pir^2# where #r# is the radius of the circle which is half the diameter.

#r=d/2=16/2=8# in

#A_("Pizza")=pi(8)^2=64pi#

#A_("Slice")=A_("Pizza")/10=(64pi)/10=6.4pi=6.4(3.14)=20.11# #"in"^2#