The sides of a hexagon each equal 116 units. What are its perimeter and its area?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-06T13:50:17

Area = 39,959.71 sq units
Perimeter = 696 units

Perimeter = 6xa (where a is the length of a side)
= 6x 116 units

Area = #(3sqrt(3)a^2)/2#
= 39,959.71 sq. units

Note:
For a regular hexagon , each internal angle = 360/6 =60
this means that we are having six equilateral triangles.

Therefore area = #(sqrt(3)a^2/4)6= (3sqrt(3)a^2)/2#