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1. Use the diagram of the regular hexagon to support an explanation showing why the formula accurately yields the area of the hexagon. (Recall that a is the apothem and P is the perimeter of the hexagon.
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1. Use the diagram of the regular hexagon to support an explanation showing why the formula accurately yields the area of the hexagon. (Recall that a is the apothem and P is the perimeter of the hexagon.)

1. Use the diagram of the regular hexagon to support an explanation showing why the-example-1
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a regular hexagon is made of 6 identical triangles with the apothem as the height of the triangle A = 6 * 1/2 base * apothem which can be simplified to A = 1/2 perimeter * apothem

This should be enough information for you to solve the equation
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