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.
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
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!
c2=a2+b2−2ab cos 1200s2=2⋅(d2)2−2⋅(d2)2⋅(−12)s2=2⋅(d2)2⋅(1−(−12))s2=3⋅(d2)2
s=d2√3
The ratio is sd=√32
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