Question

How do you get the area of a hexagon

Answer 1

there are a few different ways ...

Answer 2

area of one triangle * 6

or if you can get the area of a poly composed of 2 triangles, that area*3

Answer 3

Divide the Hexagon in equal size triangles.
Find the area of the triangle using 0.5*base*hight

Multiply the area of triangle to the number of triangle.
this should work.

Answer 4

\(\large A_{\text{poly}} = \frac{Pa}{2}\)

P = Perimeter
a = apothem