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An engineer explains why you should always order the bigger pizza

An engineer explains why you should always order the bigger pizza

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Generally speaking, the more pizza the better. This is especially true for a Super Bowl party, so get ready for some good news about your upcoming (safe and socially distanced) celebrations for the big game between the Chiefs and Buccaneers.

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If someone tries to discourage you from buying multiple large pizzas, don't be fooled: according to mathematics (well, engineering), it's almost always cheaper to order larger pizzas. Here's why.

In 2014, Quoctrung Bui explained for NPR's Planet Money blog:

Last year an engineer and I went to a pizza place for lunch. The engineer told me he wasn’t that hungry, but he said he would get the 12-inch medium instead of the 8-inch small because the medium was more than twice as big as the small and only cost a little bit more. This really blew my mind.