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

@jim_thompson5910 @triciaal

Answer 2

break the hexagon into triangles like this

Answer 3

√ k got it

Answer 4

there are 6 triangles that are all the same size/shape
each triangle has base 3, height 2.6

Answer 5

so each is 2.6?

Answer 6

what is the area of one triangle?

Answer 7

2.6?

Answer 8

area of triangle = (base*height)/2

Answer 9

3.9

Answer 10

yep that's just one triangle

multiply by 6 to get all 6 triangles put together

Answer 11

23.4

Answer 12

yep

Answer 13

ty!

Answer 14

np