A garden in the shape of a regular hexagon has sides that are each 5 meters long. If the height of each of the congruent triangles within the hexagon is about 4.33 meters, what is the area of the garden?

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2021-01-15

A garden in the shape of a regular hexagon has sides that are each 5 meters long. If the height of each of the congruent triangles within the hexagon is about 4.33 meters, what is the area of the garden?

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Willie

Willie

Skilled2021-01-16Added 95 answers

The regular hexagon has 6 of the congruent triangles where the base length is 5 meters long and the height is about 4.33 meters. Using the formula for the area of a triangle, A=12bh, we obtain the area of the garden as:
A garden=6×A triangle
A garden=6×12(5)(4.33)
A garden=64.95 square meters

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