find the area of a regular hexagon with an apothem 10.4 yards long and side 12 yards long. Round your answer to the nearest tenth

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accessdenied · Answer

Have you encountered this formula before?
  $ A = \dfrac{ap}{2} $
Where p is the perimeter and a is the apothem.

anonymous · Answer

yes i just have problems remembering how to do it

accessdenied · Answer

Well, we already were given the apothem to be 10.4 yards.
The perimeter is the distance around our hexagon.  But since we have the side length, and all the sides of a regular hexagon are the same, we can multiply the side length 12 by the number of sides 6 for the total perimeter.  Is that clear?

anonymous · Answer

yes thanks for the help

accessdenied · Answer

Glad to help!

rockinhood · Answer

I got 381.6, am I correct?