Question 1143043: A regular hexagon has sides of length 8cm.find the perpendiculas distance between two opposite faces. Answer by ikleyn(52756) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
A regular hexagon has sides of length 8 cm. find the perpendicular distance between two opposite sides.
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It is two times the height of the equilateral triangle with the side length of a = 8 cm.
The height in this case is h = = .
Hence, the value under the question is = 13.856 cm (approximately).