Question

Mahesh is making a paper mobile. He draws and cuts out a square with sides 4.5 cm long. Next he draws a regular hexagon with the same perimeter as the square. How long is each side of the regular hexagon?
Perimeter $=$ distance around a figure

• A. 3 cm
• B. 6 cm
• C. 18 cm
• D. 27 cm

Answer 1

The correct option is A 3 cm

Perimeter of square $=(4\times 4.5)cm$
$=18cm$
Now since the perimeters of square and regular hexagon are same, side of regular hexagan $=\frac{18}{6}cm=3cm$