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A large pizza has a radius of 7 in. The pizza is cut into 8 slices of equal size. What is the area of 1 slice, rounded to the nearest whole number? Use 3.14 for π.

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Answer:

The area of 1 slice is of 19 square inches.

Explanation:

Area of a circle:

The area of a circle of radius r is given by:


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A large pizza has a radius of 7 in.

So its area of the pizza, in square inches, is of:


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The pizza is cut into 8 slices of equal size. What is the area of 1 slice, rounded to the nearest whole number?

Area of the pizza divided by 8. So

153.86/8 = 19.2

Rounding to the nearest whole number, the area of 1 slice is of 19 square inches.

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