Question

Find the area of a regular hexagon with a 48- inch perimeter

Answer 1

First, you must find the side length. It is a hexagon so there are 6 sides. You take the perimeter by 6 48/6 and get 8. Then plug it into formula (3 sqrt 3)/2 a^2 where a is side length. Plug into formula and get an answer of 166.28 in^2