What is the area of a regular hexagon with side #4sqrt3# and apothem 6?
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Explanation:
First of all, the problem has more information than needed to solve it. If the side of a regular hexagon equals to
The calculation is simple. We can use Pythagorean Theorem. If the side is
from which follows that
So, if side is
The area of a regular hexagon is
Each such triangle has base
The area of a hexagon is, therefore,