Question

The completed construction of a regular hexagon is shown below. Explain why AACF is a

30°-60°-90° triangle. Show a picture, please!

Answer 1

You can prove that angle C is 30°. This is because we know that angle B is 120° also, and interior angles add to 180°, which makes angle BCF 60°. Then we can divide this by 2 as angle BCF is bisected by AC, so, therefore, angle ACF is 30° as 60 ÷ 2 = 30.

You can then prove angle A is 90°. First, we can find angle BAC because it is part of a triangle, and angles in a triangle add to 180°. This means we can do 30 + 120 = 150, and 180 - 150 = 30° which is angle BAC. Then we do 120 - 30 = 90, as the whole of angle BAF is 120°.

I hope this helps!