SOLUTION: At my pizza parlor, I am offering a "Super Giant" circular pizza with a surface area of 1256 square inches. It is intended for catering to office parties, etc. To package the pizza

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Question 712831: At my pizza parlor, I am offering a "Super Giant" circular pizza with a surface area of 1256 square inches. It is intended for catering to office parties, etc. To package the pizza, I need to order square pizza boxes that are at least how many inches inside measure of each side? Let pi=3.14.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the known formulas and then substitute your value.

A for area, r for radius
A=pi%2Ar%5E2 and 2r=diameter.

r%5E2=A%2F%28pi%29
r=sqrt%28A%2Fpi%29
diameter is highlight%282%2Asqrt%28A%2Fpi%29%29, which is the same as the inside length needed of the pizza box.