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Algebra.Com's Answer #193264 by Edwin McCravy(20083) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "If you are given the regular hexagon:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw in all the \"spokes\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "All 6 triangles are congruent equilateral triangles.\r\n" );
document.write( "Find the area of just the bottom triangle, the green one,\r\n" );
document.write( "by calculating its height, the red line, by the Pythagorean \r\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply the area of that one triangle by 6,\r\n" );
document.write( "and you'll have the area of the whole regular hexagon.\r\n" );
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