All of the triangles in the figure below are congruent. What is the area of the figure? Note that all measurements are in centimeters.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
What is the area of each triangle?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
4?
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
yep
A = b*h/2
A = 4*2/2
A = 4
OpenStudy (anonymous):
A=1/2bh correct?
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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
There are 6 of these triangles with the area of 4 square units, so the total area of the triangles combined is 6*4 = 24 square units
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
so that takes care of the triangles
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
for the hexagon, you start with this
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jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
and you break it up like this
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it's not the best drawing, but each triangle inside the hexagon is congruent and it's an equilateral triangle
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i got 72
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
i mean 96
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i accidentally split my hexagon up wrong
jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):
the height of each triangle is 6 and the base is 4
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so
A = b*h/2
A = 4*6/2
A = 12
There are 6 of these triangles, so the hexagon has a total area of 12*6 = 72 square units