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pie
One circle for one whole, cut into slices whose angles are shares of it. It answers a single question well: is this piece about half, about a quarter, or a sliver. It is bad at ranking slices of similar size, because angles are harder to compare than lengths, and it is meaningless the moment the parts do not add up to one fixed whole.
One circle for one whole, cut into slices whose angles are shares of it. It answers a single question well: is this piece about half, about a quarter, or a sliver. It is bad at ranking slices of similar size, because angles are harder to compare than lengths, and it is meaningless the moment the parts do not add up to one fixed whole.
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Best when there is one fixed total, three or four parts, and the point is the share rather than the rank.
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