SOLUTION: Suppose you are going to have pizza with serveral friends. You are thinking of getting one large pizza-say its diameter is 16 inches. However, some people are vegetarians, and so y

Question 475694: Suppose you are going to have pizza with serveral friends. You are thinking of getting one large pizza-say its diameter is 16 inches. However, some people are vegetarians, and so you decide to get two little pizzas, each of which is 8 inches in diameter. Suddenly, someone asks, "Are we getting the same amount of pizza if we get two little pizzas instead of one large one?" What do you think? Justify your response.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Certainly not, a large difference between a 16" and two 8", because the area is
based on the radius squared, another words if you double the radius, the area is
not twice as much, but 4 times as much.
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Prove this to yourself by finding the areas of a 16" and an 8" pizza which have
radii of 4" and 8" respectively
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