Kurt cut pizzas into wedges measuring 40 degrees. If each person eats one piece of pizza, how many people could he feed with two whole pizzas?
well 40° is 1/9 of 360°, or the whole pizza.
To determine how many people Kurt could feed with two whole pizzas, we need to calculate the total number of wedges that can be obtained from both pizzas.
Each pizza is cut into wedges measuring 40 degrees. To find out how many wedges are in one whole pizza, we divide 360 degrees (a full circle) by 40 degrees.
360 degrees / 40 degrees = 9 wedges per pizza
Since Kurt has two whole pizzas, we multiply the number of wedges in one pizza by two:
9 wedges/pizza * 2 pizzas = 18 wedges
Therefore, Kurt could feed 18 people with two whole pizzas, assuming each person eats one piece of pizza.