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Find the measure of angle AEF in regular hexagon ABCDEF.

Find the measure of angle AEF in regular hexagon ABCDEF.-example-1

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Answer:

30°

Explanation:

You want the measure of angle AEF in regular hexagon ABCDEF.

Interior angles

The interior angles of a regular hexagon are ...

180° -(360°/6) = 120°

Angle AEF is 90° less than this, so is ...

angle AEF = 120° -90°

angle AEF = 30°

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Additional comment

Angle AEF is also a base angle of isosceles triangle AEF, which has angle F = 120°. The base angles are (180° -120°)/2 = 30°.

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