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The regular hexagon has a radius of 4 in.

A regular hexagon has a radius of 4 inches.

What is the approximate area of the hexagon?

24 in.2
42 in.2
48 in.2
84 in.2

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A regular hexagon can be split into 6 equilateral triangles of side 4. Each triangle area = (√3/4)·4^2 = 4√3, so hexagon area = 6·4√3 = 24√3 ≈ 41.57 in^2.

Closest choice: 42 in.^2