Question

Autumn wants to calculate the area of the regular hexagon below using rectangles and triangles. What is the minimum number of shapes she could use?

Two triangles and one rectangle
Two rectangles and one triangle
Two triangles and two rectangles
no rectangles and 6 triangles​

Answer 1

A. Two triangles and one rectangle.

Explanation:

A regular hexagon has all six sides to be equal in length. The sum of its interior angle can be determined by:

sum of angles = (n - 2) x 180

So that some series of different shapes can be produced from the polygon. In the given hexagon, the minimum number of shapes that can be produce is 3 which are; 2 triangles and a rectangle.