FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for March 19, 2014

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    josh_bisbee  over 10 years ago

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

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    Allen Rymer  over 10 years ago

    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)

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    paha_siga  over 10 years ago

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

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    skeeterhawk  over 10 years ago

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

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    redbaronss  over 10 years ago

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

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    robert3750  over 10 years ago

    A 16 inch pizza, nice and big :)

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    kab2rb  over 10 years ago

    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.

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    awcoffman  over 10 years ago

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

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    KEA  over 10 years ago

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

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    Zero-Gabriel  over 10 years ago

    At least the food is good…

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    Doctor11  over 10 years ago

    Weel, at least Peter is doing SOME math.

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    dflak  over 10 years ago

    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.

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    Llywus  over 10 years ago

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

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    pangalactic  over 10 years ago

    @kea – 17 inches, approx.

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

    17

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    Stephen Gilberg  over 10 years ago

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

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