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I have a large (24" diameter) mushroom and sausage pizza. I can only make 5 cuts, what is the maximum amount of pieces I can cut the pizza into? (Hint: it is more than 10 pieces)

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Answer:15

Step-by-step explanation: Since pizza is normally round shaped and it's diameter is 24, it radius will be 24/2= 12.

Circumference of the pizza will be calculated as 2.pi.r= 2x3.14x12= 75.36 which is approximately 75. To make 5 cuts, we will get 75/5 =15

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