SOLUTION: If I have a hexagon building that is 1200 square feet in area, what would be the length of each of the sides?

Question 290570: If I have a hexagon building that is 1200 square feet in area, what would be the length of each of the sides?
Answer by Deina(147) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In approximate numeric terms, the area of a regular hexagon is 2.598 times the square of its side
length. (http://homepage.mac.com/terhorab/iblog/B1032916816/C181698761/E174145342/Media/hexagonArea.pdf)

and bob's your uncle!

If you need a more exacting formula, start with the standard formula for the area of a hexagon:

and convert that to separate the side:

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