Question

Find the area of a regular hexagon whose side length is 16 in. and the apothem is 8
`\sqrt{3`

Answer 1

96
`√(3)`

or

166 rounded to the nearest whole number

Explanation:

1/2(16)(8
`√(3)`) This is the area of one triangle that would make up a hexagon. A hexagon would need at total of 6 triangles

1/2(16)(8
`√(3)`)(6)