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OpenStudy (anonymous):

GEOMETRY AREA how do i find the area of a hexagon with only the radius? hexagon with radius of 5?

OpenStudy (welshfella):

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OpenStudy (welshfella):

find the area of an isosceles triangle and multiply by 6

OpenStudy (welshfella):

you know the internal angle of a regular hexagon so you can find the base angles of the triangle

OpenStudy (welshfella):

the radii bisect the internal angles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry no I'm still not getting it completely

OpenStudy (welshfella):

so you can find the area using a trig formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay

OpenStudy (welshfella):

internal angle = 120 degrees base angle = 60 oh in fact these triangles are all equilateral

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do i plug that in to the formula I'm very visual i need to see it but the problem doesn't have a picture

OpenStudy (welshfella):

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