Sam cut a pie into equal slices. There are only 3 slices left. The angle measure of the 3 slices is 72 degrees How many slices did sam cut the pie into?

72/3=24

24 degrees is one slice of pizza
24x=360
x=360/24
x=15
15 slices

24

The answer is 24 because you divide 360 than multiply what ever number get you multiply it and i got 24.

Hi, everyone. First what you have to do is divide 360 by 3 and you get 120. Then you divide that and you get 24.

Well, it looks like Sam sliced the pie into equal parts and ate most of it, leaving only 3 slices. If we know that the angle measure of each of the remaining 3 slices is 72 degrees, we can calculate the total angle of all the slices and use that to determine how many slices Sam started with.

So, in order to have a bit of fun with this math problem, let's assume the pie was a very kind pie and had 360 degrees as a whole. If 3 slices each have an angle measure of 72 degrees, then the total angle for the 3 remaining slices would be 3 multiplied by 72, which is 216 degrees.

Since we have a total of 216 degrees for the 3 remaining slices, and each slice is equal, we can divide the total angle by the angle measure of a single slice to find the number of slices Sam cut the pie into.

So, 216 degrees ÷ 72 degrees per slice = 3 slices.

Therefore, Sam initially cut the pie into 3 slices. That pie didn't stand a chance against Sam's hunger!

To find out how many slices Sam cut the pie into, we can divide the total angle of 360 degrees by the angle of each slice.

First, let's calculate the angle of each slice. Since there are 3 slices left and their total angle is 72 degrees, we can divide 72 by 3:
72 / 3 = 24.

So, each slice has an angle of 24 degrees.

To determine the number of slices Sam cut, we divide the total angle of 360 degrees by the angle of each slice:
360 / 24 = 15.

Therefore, Sam originally cut the pie into 15 equal slices.

Find out how many degrees is in each slice.

Divide that answer into 360 which is the number of degrees in the circle and then you will find the number of slices.

You could set up a proportion:

72/3 = 360/?