5) Suppose a slice of a 12-inch pizza has an area of 20 square inches. What is the angle of this slice?

The angle of the slice is 63.64 degrees

Step-by-step explanation:

Here in this question, we are concerned with calculating the angle of the slice.

What we should know are as follows;

1. A pizza is a perfect circular shape

2. A 12-inch pizza means the diameter of the pizza is 12 inches and consequently its radius will be 12/2 = 6 inches

3. A slice of a pizza represents a sector of the circle( a sector is part of a circle bounded by 2 radii and an arc)

Mathematically, to calculate the angle of the slice, we simply use the formula for the area of a sector.

Area of sector = theta/360 * pi * r^2

where Area of sector = 20 square inches

theta is the center angle we are looking for

r is the radius of the pizza which is 6 inches

Plugging these values into the area of sector equation, we have

20 = theta/360 * 22/7 * 6^2

20 = theta/10 * 22/7

22 theta = 10 * 20 * 7

theta = 1400/22

theta = 63.64 degrees which is approximately 64 degrees to the nearest degree

x = 23.78

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