9. Find the area of a regular hexagon with a side length of 15 centimeters. Round to the nearest tenth.
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The apothem is the distance from the center of the hexagon to the midpoint of any side. In a regular hexagon, the apothem is equal to the radius of the inscribed circle. To find the apothem, we can use the formula: apothem = side length / (2 * tan(π/6)) Given Show more…
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