SOLUTION: Food Service - A medium pizza at Papa's Pizza Place is 9 in in diameter and a large pizza is 12 in in diameter. If a medium pizza will serve four customers, how many servings will

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: Food Service - A medium pizza at Papa's Pizza Place is 9 in in diameter and a large pizza is 12 in in diameter. If a medium pizza will serve four customers, how many servings will a large pizza provide?This question is from textbook

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A medium pizza at Papa's Pizza Place is 9 in in diameter and a large pizza is 12 in in diameter. If a medium pizza will serve four customers, how many servings will a large pizza
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Find area of the small pizza:
A = pi*4.5^2
A = 63.6 sq inches
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Each customer gets:
63.6%2F4 = 15.9 sq/in; is the serving size
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Find the area of the large pizza:
A = pi*6^2
A = 113.1 sq/in
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113.1%2F15.9 = 7.1 or 7 servings from a 12" pizza