SOLUTION: A hexagon is inscribed in a circle. If each side of the hexagon is 3, what is the area of the circle?
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Question 259700: A hexagon is inscribed in a circle. If each side of the hexagon is 3, what is the area of the circle?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
radius of hexagon=radius of circle=1/2*sqrt(3)*a
a=side
a=3
area circle=pi*r^2=pi*(1/2*sqrt3*3)^2=pi*1/4*3*9=27/4*pi=21.2
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