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Question 134059: How do you find area of part of a hexagon. For example the regular hexagon looks like a foot ball. I f youignore the extreme left corner and lable the top left corner as A and bottom left as B and Bottom Right as C and connect the A,B and C that gives you a right angle triangle. How do you find the area of this.: How do you find area of part of a hexagon. For example the regular hexagon looks like a foot ball. I f youignore the extreme left corner and lable the top left corner as A and bottom left as B and Bottom Right as C and connect the A,B and C that gives you a right angle triangle. How do you find the area of this.
Answer by vleith(1174) About Me  (Show Source):
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The area of a triangle is given by the formula A = (bh)/2 where b= base and h=height.