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Puzzle #248: How did Poppy manage to slice the pizzas fairly?

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, Pizza parity? Plus the answer to puzzle #247

15 November 2023

#248 Pizza parity

Set by Mary Ellis

“You know how you ordered one medium pepperoni pizza and one medium broccoli pizza?” said the delivery man. “Well, unfortunately the order got a bit mixed up and I have one large pepperoni pizza and one small broccoli pizza.”

“No big deal!” exclaimed Poppy. “There’s two of us, so we’ll each take half of both pizzas and we’ll have the same amount!”

“Good plan,” said Toby, “except for the part where I have to take any amount of your broccoli pizza – you know that I hate broccoli! Now, if I can just work out the ratio between a large and small pizza, then use the area of a circle to…”…

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