A 10" diameter pumpkin pie is cut into six equal servings. What is the area of the top of each piece of pie?

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anonymous · Answer

What is 10/6?

nano40912 · Answer

Possible answers are 
A. 3.33 pi square inches 
B.4.17 pi square inches 
C. 16.66 pi square inches

anonymous · Answer

Well it is obviously not c. What do you think it is?

mathmale · Answer

Tubber:  Unfortunately, your 10/6 is not going to be helpful here.

anonymous · Answer

yeah I just figured that out.... haha

mathmale · Answer

What is the total area of the pie?

What is the area of 1/6 of the pie?

mathmale · Answer

Nano:  What is the formula for the area of a circle of radius r?

nano40912 · Answer

A= pi r^2

anonymous · Answer

sorry I had to go, let mathmale take it over.

anonymous · Answer

mathmale · Answer

Finding the area of a pie of diameter 10 inches and dividing the result by 6 should o the trick here.