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The Jones family has a pool in the shape of a regular hexagon. If it takes 49 1/2 feet of tile to go aroundthe edge of the pool, find the length of a side of the pool.

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Perimeter of a hexagon: Side length (s) x 6

Replacing with the value given:

49 1/2 = 6 s

Solve for s ( side length)

(49 1/2) /6 = s

s= 33/4 ft

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