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Area of Polygons

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State True or False.
The area of a regular hexagon of side $a$ is the sum of the areas of the five equilateral triangles with side $a .$

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Given area of the five equilateral triangles $\neq$ area of the hexagon.
Area of the hexagon is the sum of all the six equilateral triangles.

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