document.write( "Question 296322: Hello, I am having trouble with geometry. My problem is find the area of the shaded region to the nearest tenth. Assume the hexagon is regular. The picture is a circle with an inscribed regular hexagon. The shaded part is the between then hexagon and circle. The raduis of the circle is 8 in. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Area of a circle = \"+pi%2Ar%5E2+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Area of a regular hexagon = \"+Area+=+%28%283%2Asqrt%283%29%29%2F2%29+%2A+t%5E2+\" where t = the side length
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the area of the circle = c
\n" ); document.write( "Find the area of the hex = h\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract h from c & bob's your uncle!
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