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ERIC Number: EJ364136
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Counting Pizza Pieces and Other Combinatorial Problems.
Maier, Eugene
Mathematics Teacher, v81 n1 p22-26 Jan 1988
The general combinatorial problem of counting the number of regions into which the interior of a circle is divided by a family of lines is considered. A general formula is developed and its use is illustrated in two situations. (PK)
Descriptors: Computation, Generalization, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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