SOLUTION: small pizza has a radius of 10 inches, and a medium pizza has a radius that is 20% larger. How much more pizza do you get with the medium pizza than with the small pizza? Express

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Question 319609: small pizza has a radius of 10 inches, and a medium pizza has a radius that is 20% larger. How much more pizza do you get with the medium pizza than with the small pizza? Express your answer as a percent.

Answer by Greenfinch(383)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Small radius is 10 inches, medium is 20% greater or 12 inches.
Areas in ratio of squares of radius, 100 : 144, so increase is 44%

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