FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for March 19, 2014

I barely understood any of that, and I’m usually good at math.

the area of a circle (pizza) bisected by 45 degrees is 1/8 of the area of the circle…So Peter is correct. And the volume of a cylinder is correct as well (area of a circle X height)

Except that soda cups aren’t usually cylinders, but more like a conical frustums.

Folks, it’s all approximations. But they’re having sooo much fun doing the math. ha

These formulas are among the many that today’s schoolchildren must have memorized to pass their state tests.

A 16 inch pizza, nice and big :)

Instead of relaxing and eating pizza and drinking pop they dissect using math. I never reached that high in math skills. So I agree with the above beginning comments. Over my head. Will do not good to explain better.

@SillstawHe specifically asked for the slice that was exactly 45 degrees.

poser: if you have a 12" pizza and need to double the amount of pizza, what size should you get?

At least the food is good…

Weel, at least Peter is doing SOME math.

That’s the point. Make math relevant and kds won’t say, "I’ll never use this stuff.

@kea Double the thickness :) Alternatively, you could bend the pizza into the third dimension by a factor of Pi divided by r. Or, you have to increase the radius by the square root of 2.

Personally, I find Euclid kind of flat.

I wonder if this originally ran on 3.14.2003 (pi day). If it didn’t it should have.

@kea – 17 inches, approx.

2(pi*r^2) where r=12144pi*2=288*pi(sqrt288)^2*pi=16.97

17

I expected a “pie” pun, but again, it’s a bit late for that.