SOLUTION: The perimeter of a regular hexagon is 72ft. What is the approxiamte area of this polygon?

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Question 390699: The perimeter of a regular hexagon is 72ft. What is the approxiamte area of this polygon?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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The perimeter of a regular hexagon is 72ft
How long is one side?
Solution: P+=+72ft
Let s represent the length of one side. A regular hexagon has 6 sides, so we can divide the perimeter by 6 to get the length of one side (s).
s+=+72ft+%2F+6
s+=+12ft
A=%283root%283%2C3%29%29s%5E2
A=%283root%283%2C3%29%29%2812ft%29%5E2
A=%283root%283%2C3%29%29144ft%5E2
A=%28432%2Aroot%283%2C3%29ft%5E2%29