SOLUTION: Find the area of the largest circle that can be inscribed in a hexagon of side “h”. A.2.356 h2 B.2.441 h2 C.3.146 h2 D.1.786 h2

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Question 1153295: Find the area of the largest circle that can be inscribed in a hexagon of side “h”.
A.2.356 h2
B.2.441 h2
C.3.146 h2
D.1.786 h2

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the figure, it is clear that, we can divide the regular hexagon intoidentical equilateral triangles.
We take one triangle, with as the center of the hexagon or circle, & as one side of the hexagon.
Let be mid-point of , would be the perpendicular bisector of , angle °
Then in right angled triangle ,side (in your case is )

So,

Therefore,

Area of circle is:






answer: A.

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