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Find the ratio of the area of the circle inscribed in a regular hexagon to the area of the circumscribed circle.
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The radius of the inscribed circle is also $a$. The radius of the circumscribed circle is the length of the diagonal of the hexagon, which is $2a$. Show more…
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