Q. Find the area of a regular hexagon with side length 18 inches.
Understand the formula: Understand the formula for the area of a regular hexagon.The area A of a regular hexagon can be calculated using the formula:A=233⋅s2where s is the length of a side of the hexagon.
Plug side length: Plug the given side length into the formula.Given that the side length s is 18 inches, we can substitute this value into the formula:A=(233)×182
Calculate the area: Calculate the area.First, square the side length:182=324Then, multiply by the constant (33/2):A=(33/2)×324
Simplify the calculation: Simplify the calculation.To simplify the calculation, we can first multiply 324 by 3:324×3=972Now, divide by 2:972/2=486Finally, multiply by 3:A=486×3
Calculate final value: Calculate the final value.To get the exact area, we can leave the answer in terms of 3:A=4863 square inchesIf a decimal approximation is needed, we can use the approximate value of 3, which is about 1.732:A≈486×1.732A≈842.352
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