Math Makes Pizza Better

So the other day, I made one of the dumbest decisions of my life. My wife and I are at a pizzeria, and I notice the price of a 8" pizza is 1/2 the price of a 14" pizza. I brilliantly suggest we get two 8" pizzas because we'll get more for our money. Why is this not true?

Math Review
Remember that the area of a circle is πr(squared)

The area of the 8" pizza is: π x 4(squared) π x 16 16π 50.24

The area of the 14" pizza is: π x 7.5(squared) π x 56.25 56.25π 176.625

So the 8" pizza is 50.24 square inches of food
and the 14" pizza is 176.625 square inches of food.
The 14" gives you three and a half times as much food!

Hopefully you won't make the same mistake I did.

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