What is the formula for the volume of a thick crust pizza?

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The discussion revolves around the formula for calculating the volume of a thick crust pizza, specifically focusing on the mathematical expression involving height and radius. The conversation touches on mathematical reasoning and playful humor related to mathematics and physics.

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  • One participant suggests the formula for the volume of a thick crust pizza as $$\pi(\text{radius})^2(\text{height})$$, specifically noting it as $$\pi.z.z.a$$ where $$a$$ is height and $$z$$ is radius.
  • Several posts include humorous anecdotes involving mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, illustrating different perspectives on reasoning and measurement, but do not directly contribute to the pizza volume discussion.
  • Multiple jokes and stories are shared that reflect on logical reasoning and mathematical concepts, but they do not provide further clarification on the pizza volume formula.

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The discussion does not reach a consensus on the formula for the volume of a thick crust pizza, as the main focus shifts to humor and anecdotes rather than a rigorous mathematical debate.

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The initial claim regarding the volume formula is presented without further elaboration or verification from other participants, leaving the mathematical basis somewhat unexamined.

  • #211
Wilmer said:
Gerald Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzgerald

Ben Doon and Phil McCracken

...and what do those represent?
If you had mis-spelled "Doom" we could have the "doomed" wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald being caused by the terrifying McDonalds monster: the McCracken.

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  • #212
Yesterday I was tutoring a 6th grader when we discussed a question involving the perimeter of a circle. He forgot the formula, then I told him that it was π times d. He asked back, "Is d diagonal?". I corrected him that d stood for diameter, but then remembered that diagonal was the distance of two non-adjacent vertex in a figure, so technically that kid was right.
 
  • #213
I would say that the distance between opposite vertices in a rectangle is the diameter. This terminology is used in graph theory.

Professor: What is a root of $f(z)$ of multiplicity $k$?
Student: It is a number $a$ such that if you plug it into $f$, you get 0; if you plug it in again, you again get 0, and so $k$ times. But if you plug it into $f$ for the $k+1$-st time, you do not get 0.

Remark: That's why imperative programming is harmful and students must be taught functional programming, where functions don't have side effects.

The Pigeonhole Principle: If there are $n$ pigeons and $n+1$ holes, then at least one pigeon must have at least two holes in it.

Every square (and rectangular) number is divisible by 11. Indeed, consider a computer or calculator numpad. Type a four-digit number so that buttons form a rectangle, such as 1254, 3179, 2893, 8569, 2871. Such number is divisible by 11.
 
  • #214
Evgeny.Makarov said:
The Pigeonhole Principle: If there are $n$ pigeons and $n+1$ holes, then at least one pigeon must have at least two holes in it.

Excellent!
 
  • #215
Evgeny.Makarov said:
Every square (and rectangular) number is divisible by 11. Indeed, consider a computer or calculator numpad. Type a four-digit number so that buttons form a rectangle, such as 1254, 3179, 2893, 8569, 2871. Such number is divisible by 11.

Such a number is a cyclic permutation of $\overline{abcd}$ where
$$a\ =\ a \\ b\ =\ a+k \\ c=a+k+l \\ d=a+l$$
where $a$ is the bottom-left digit and $k,l\in\mathbb Z^+$. Since $a+c=2a+k=b+c$, the number is divisible by $11$.

BTW … why is this in the Jokes thread? (Wondering)
 
  • #216
Olinguito said:
Such a number is a cyclic permutation of $\overline{abcd}$ where
$$a\ =\ a \\ b\ =\ a+k \\ c=a+k+l \\ d=a+l$$
where $a$ is the bottom-left digit and $k,l\in\mathbb Z^+$. Since $a+c=2a+k=b+c$, the number is divisible by $11$.

BTW … why is this in the Jokes thread? (Wondering)

It's a rectangular number because you write it out by making a rectangle on the number pad...

-Dan
 

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