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The diagonals of a regular hexagon have two possible lengths. What is the ratio of the shorter length to the longer length? Express your answer as a common fraction in simplest radical form.

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The diagonals of a regular hexagon have two possible lengths. What is the ratio of the shorter length to the longer length? Express your answer as a common fraction in the simplest radical form.

The ratio is    √3 / 2

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The diagonals of a regular hexagon have two possible lengths. What is the ratio of the shorter length to the longer length? Express your answer as a common fraction in simplest radical form.

Hello Ericthegg!

$$c^2=a^2+b^2-2ab\ cos\ 120^0\\ s^2=2\cdot (\frac{d}{2})^2-2\cdot (\frac{d}{2})^2\cdot (-\frac{1}{2})\\ s^2=2\cdot (\frac{d}{2})^2\cdot(1-(-\frac{1}{2}))\\ s^2=3\cdot (\frac{d}{2})^2$$

$$s=\frac{d}{2}\sqrt{3}$$

The ratio is   $$\large \frac{s}{d}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$$

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Thank you so much!

Sep 5, 2020