SOLUTION: A regular hexagon has sides of length 8cm. With the aid of a diagram find the perpendicular distance between two opposite faces.

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Question 1132295: A regular hexagon has sides of length 8cm. With the aid of a diagram find the perpendicular distance between two opposite faces.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The figure to draw and your intuition for this hexagon will give you for y, the altitude of one of the equilateral triangles,

and you want to find the value for .

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