Elementary Geometry for College Students (7th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Section 8.3 - Regular Polygons and Area - Exercises - Page 378: 40

Answer

62.4

Work Step by Step

The height of the isosceles triangles (white) is: $$ h=3tan(30^{\circ}) \\ h = 1.73$$ So, the areas of all of these triangles is: $$ A = (6).5bh \\ A =(6)(.5)(1.73)(3) \\ A = 15.6$$ The length of the apothem of the regular hexagon is: $$ a =6sin60 \\ a = 5.2$$ Thus, the area is: $$ A = .5aP - 15.6 \\ A = (.5)(5.2)(30) - 15.6 \\ A =62.4$$
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