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# Find the area of regular hexagon

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Find the area of regular hexagon [#permalink]  12 Sep 2018, 22:59
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Find the area of regular hexagon with each side of length 6cm?
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Re: Find the area of regular hexagon [#permalink]  13 Sep 2018, 06:40
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Find the area of regular hexagon with each side of length 6cm?

You can represent a regular hexagon as 6 equilateral triangle.

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Find the area of one equilateral triangle or $$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a^2$$ where a is side of the triangle.

Area of hexagon is $$6 \times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a^2= \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}a^2 \approx 93.53$$
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