2019 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 1

Problem

The area of a pizza with radius $4$ is $N$ percent larger than the area of a pizza with radius $3$ inches. What is the integer closest to $N$?

$\textbf{(A) } 25 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 33 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 44\qquad\textbf{(D) } 66 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 78$

Solution

The area of the larger pizza is $16\pi$, while the area of the smaller pizza is $9\pi$. Therefore, the larger pizza is $\frac{7\pi}{9\pi} \cdot 100\%$ bigger than the smaller pizza. $\frac{7\pi}{9\pi} \cdot 100\% = 77.777....$, which is closest to $\boxed{\textbf{(E) }78}$.

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