Question

Maria is catering manager for Antonio's pizzeria a customer has ordered a 36 inch monster pizza to be cut into 12 equal slices what is the area of a slice of pizza

Answer 1

Calculate first the area of the pizza using the equation,

The 36-inch monster pizza has a diameter of 36 inches and therefore has a radius which is equal to 18 inches.

Substituting the known values,

A = = 1017.88 in2

Since the pizza is divided into 12, the area is to be divided by 12.

Area of each slice = 1017.88 in2/12 = 84.82 in2