Answer:
14.14 inches squared
Step-by-step explanation:
We basically just want to find the area of one slice of pizza.
We know that the whole pizza was 12 inches across, which means its diameter was 12. Radius is 1/2 of the diameter, so r = 12/2 = 6 inches.
The area of a circle (the pizza, I assume, was circular) is: [tex]A=\pi r^2[/tex], where r is the radius. Here, r = 6, so:
[tex]A=\pi r^2[/tex]
[tex]A=\pi *6^2=36\pi[/tex]
But this is the area of the entire pizza. We need to divide it by 8:
[tex]36\pi /8[/tex] ≈ 14.14 inches squared
Hope this helps!
