Question

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

Answer 1

The hexagon has 6 congruent triangles that look like this

Answer 2

use the formula

A = (b*h)/2

to find the area of 1 triangle

then multiply by 6 to get the total area of the hexagon

Answer 3

\[a=bh \div 2\]

Answer 4

yes use that

Answer 5

\[a=12\times10.4\div2\]

Answer 6

\[a=62.4\times6\]

Answer 7

\[A=374.4\]

Answer 8

is that right?

Answer 9

correct, nice work

Answer 10

omg thank you! would you be so kind and help me with one more?

Answer 11

sure

Answer 12

i'm going to tag you in it.

Answer 13

ok