Prove the equality of circle's areas

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Through a random point inside the circle, we draw $4$ lines with $45$ degrees between each other. Prove, that the total area of odd pieces, equals total area of even pieces. Here is the picture I've made.

I suppose there is a solution using integrals, but maybe there is geometric solution as well.

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This is known as the Pizza theorem (or, at least, a special case of the pizza theorem). There is a standard proof without words, using the following image from Wikipedia:

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