SOLUTION: When a hexagon has 2-inch sides, its area is about 10.4in2. What will be the approximate area of a hexagon whose sides are 10 inches long??

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Question 320790: When a hexagon has 2-inch sides, its area is about 10.4in2. What will be the approximate area of a hexagon whose sides are 10 inches long??
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The formula for the area of a regular hexagon as a function of the measure of one of the sides, denoted , is:



Therefore, the ratio of the areas of two regular hexagons is the square of the ratio of the measures of their sides. 10 divided by 2 is 5. 5 squared is 25. Your bigger hexagon is about 259 square inches.


John