document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=894426>Question 894426</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is an consumer question, sort of!  I am an adult \"student\" of life and this is my question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is my REAL question:  (But there are 2 math solutions to find to get to the nitty gritty final numerical question of  \"what is the difference between the two?\" Then each of us must answer for ourselves whether the difference between the size of the box of Marie Callender's individual piece of pie so much bigger than the piece of pie inside that it qualifies as deception? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Part a.  How big is the box?  It measures 4 inches by 4 inches by 2 inches.  I think the answer is 4x4x2= 32 square inches.  (???)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Part b. How big is the piece of pie?  It is round and measures out to be 3 inches in diameter and is 1 inch thick.  I'm clueless here.  I can't remember a doggoned thing about calculating the volume of round items.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Part c.  What is the difference between a. and b.?  Is the answer here simply to subtract the smaller one from the larger?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the real question is a subjective one:  Is the difference great enough to be deceptive?  Should The Marie Callender company be ashamed of themselves?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope you will chose my question.  I think it is interesting as well as provocative. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #542034 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=542034\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Part (a)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The box is 4 by 4 by 2, measured in inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Volume is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2A4%2A2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2A4%2A2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cubic inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do the arithmetic operation connected with multiplication from left to right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Volume is 32 cubic inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Part (b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A piece of pie would not be round, unless this is an unusual form of pie.  Yet,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you are given that this \"piece\" of pie is round with diameter 3 inches and thickness<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meaning height of 1 inch.  This is a cylinder shape.  The volume of this pie in the box<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Api%2A%283%2F2%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Api%2A%283%2F2%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%289pi%2F4=7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%289pi%2F4=7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cubic inches, to the nearest whole number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question of this size difference being deceptive is uncertain.  We do not know the reason<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that the product designers fit the 7 cubic inch pie into the 32 cubic inch box.  The handler and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the customer would want enough room to lift the pie from the box and avoid crushing because of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "possible flexibility of the box.<BR>\n" );
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