SOLUTION: I wanted to find the area of a hexagon to determine the amount of glass I need. I measured diagonal and it was 40 inches.

Question 597223: I wanted to find the area of a hexagon to determine the amount of glass I need. I measured diagonal and it was 40 inches.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I wanted to find the area of a hexagon to determine the amount of glass I need. I measured diagonal and it was 40 inches.
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The diagonal, from vertex to vertex, not across the flats, is 2x the radius.
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R = 20, n = 6
--> sq inches
Area =~ 1039.32 sq inches
=~ 7.22 sq ft

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