A math calculation on how to ensure you get more pizza by ordering a bigger pie is blowing people’s minds on Twitter. AdvertisingA Twitter handle called Fermat’s Library showed, using an equation, why choosing an 18-inch pizza instead of ordering two 12-inch pizzas ensures everyone gets more pizza to eat. Here’s a useful counterintuitive fact: one 18 inch pizza has more ‘pizza’ than two 12 inch pizzas pic.twitter.com/hePSpG0pJs — Fermat’s Library (@fermatslibrary) January 7, 2019The revelation left many pizza lovers around the world claiming that they felt ‘cheated’. Difference between theory and practice :-D https://t.co/NwegY48Zl5 — Marco Cecconi (@sklivvz) January 8, 20193 x 12 inch pizzas means triple the choice in topics & more pizza than 1 x 18 inch pizza. 👍🏽 pic.twitter.com/l360Q9zs9t — #NHFTHR 👇🏽 (@NHFTHR) January 7, 2019Yeah, but the crust is arguably the best part and two 12 inch pizzas have 33.3% more crust than a 18 inch pizza.

Source: Indian Express January 08, 2019 10:18 UTC