You are planning to use a ceramic tile design in your new bathroom. The tiles are blue-and-white equilateral triangles. You decide to arrange the blue tiles in a hexagonal shape as shown. If the side of each tile measures 4 centimeters, what will be the exact area of each hexagonal shape?

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karlsbahs · Answer

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radar · Answer

You could calculate the area of one tile, then multiply by 6 (6 tiles) getting the area of the hexagonal shape.  Does that sound like a plan?