SOLUTION: Each side of a regular hexagon has length 10. Find the area of the hexagon.
(Hint: Divide the Hexagon into triangles)
How many triangles do I divide the hexagon into and what d
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Question 109968: Each side of a regular hexagon has length 10. Find the area of the hexagon.
(Hint: Divide the Hexagon into triangles)
How many triangles do I divide the hexagon into and what do I do from there?
Or just write out the equation to solve it.
The answer in the answer key is 150 square roots of 3.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 6 equilateral triangles in a hexagon
Each one is 1/6 of the area
Area of a triangle = a
b = 10
The height is the perpendicular line that bisects one of the 60 degree
angles of the triangle. It divides the equilateral into two
triangles with sides in the ratio : :
In this case, the sides are ::
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