Question

What is the area of the regular hexagon with a side length of 3 cm and an apothem of 2.6 cm?



A.
15.6 cm2

B.
23.4 cm2

C.
46.8 cm2

D.
31.2 cm2

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Okay.

Answer 3

Is it C? @DDCamp

Answer 4

I think it's C.

Answer 5

How'd you get that?

Answer 6

It's close, but you may be forgetting that the area of a Triangle is
\[A = \frac{1}{2} b h\]

Answer 7

if b=3 and h=2.6, each triangle has area:
\[\frac{1}{2} (3) (2.6) = 3.9\]