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Find the area of a regular hexagon with each side of length 4 cm.


A

52. 54 cm2

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41.56 cm2

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46.62 cm2

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56.62 cm2

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Solution

The correct option is B

41.56 cm2



Given, regular hexagon has each side of length 4 cm.
We can divide a regular hexagon into 6 equilateral triangles.
Area of an equilateral triangle
=34(side)2
Hence, area of the hexagon
=6×34(side)2
=332×(side)2
=332×42
=41.56 cm2


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