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BossyBoots | 20:50 Mon 18th Jul 2005 | Science
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which is bigger?  One 12 inch pizza or 2x 7 inch pizzas?   

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assuming 12/7 inches is the diameter of the pizza, and using A=pi D^2 / 4:

12" has area 113 square inches
2x7" has area 76 square inches

thus the 12 inch is larger in area.
21:07 Mon 18th Jul 2005
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Yep Fo3nix is correct, I bet the 12" one is cheaper than the 2x7" as well!
21:40 Mon 18th Jul 2005
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Thanks guys - this will help me Friday when pain in the ass male engineering colleague gets it wrong!!!

22:05 Mon 18th Jul 2005
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In fact a 10" pizza is marginally larger than two 7" pizzas.

area of 10" = 100 x PI / 4
area of 2x7" = 98 x PI / 4

00:24 Tue 19th Jul 2005
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but this is okay if everyone likes the topping on the 12" pizza...........2 x 7" would solve the issue of anchovies and olives or no anchovies and olives.
14:26 Tue 19th Jul 2005

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