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Quentin L. Meunier
Associate Professor in Computer Science at Sorbonne Université

Problem 1017

The pizzaiolo makes two perpendicular cuts passing through the same point located 5 cm from the center of a round pizza of 20 cm in diameter.

He gives to Bob two opposite slices (among which the one containing the center), and to Alice the two others. He has chosen the orientation of the cut so that Bob has the greatest possible surface of pizza.

The next day, he still gives to Bob and Alice two slices opposed w.r.t. the same summit as the day before. This time, his cuts create four arcs of the same length on the edge of the pizza.

On the third day, he brings, on a square board, four quarters of the same pizza, wedged at the corners, and offers a quarter of a pizza of 30 cm in diameter, tangent to the four pieces (see drawing).



(all the results must be rounded to the closest integer).

Note: I haven't done any program for this problem.



  • 1A. 50 : Bob has 50 cm² of pizza more than Alice.
  • 2A. 0 : Alice and Bob have the same amount of pizza.
  • 3A. 578 : The area of the board is 578 cm².