5. Find the area of the regular hexagon.

Answer 1

In general, if each side is x
then area = 6(1/2)(x)(√3x/2)
=(3/2)√3 x^2

find area of one of the 6 equilateral triangles
the base will be x , and using Pythagoras or basic trig it can be show that the height is √3x/2