SOLUTION: A regular hexagon (with all sides equal and all angles equal) has perimeter 60. Another regular hexagon has perimeter 180. What is the area of the smaller hexagon divided by the ar

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Question 1149130: A regular hexagon (with all sides equal and all angles equal) has perimeter 60. Another regular hexagon has perimeter 180. What is the area of the smaller hexagon divided by the area of the larger hexagon, written as a fraction? (If the answer was one half, you would enter 1/2)

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A regular hexagon (with all sides equal and all angles equal)
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No need to define "regular"
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has perimeter 60. Another regular hexagon has perimeter 180.
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What is the area of the smaller hexagon divided by the area of the larger hexagon, written as a fraction?
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Perimeter is a function of the 1st power.
Area is a function of the 2nd power.
3 times the perimiter ---> 9 times the area.
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(If the answer was one half, you would enter 1/2)
No need to tell us how to enter fractions.