# How can i Prove that the gray area is the same as white area? [duplicate]

A circle is cut into 8 parts, each part has the angle 45 degrees from an arbitrary point. how to prove that the white area is the same as the Gray area?

I just want any hint for solving this question. how can I prove this?

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• The area of a triangle with respect to given two sides $a,b$ and angle between the sides is $0.5 a b \sin \theta$ s.t $\theta$ is the angle between the two sides can you proceed ? – Ameryr May 22 at 7:56
• This is the Pizza Theorem. See here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_theorem – Christian Blatter May 22 at 8:26
• – Martin R May 22 at 11:13