The tiles for a bathroom floor are regular hexagons that are 5/8 inches on each side. Find the area of an individual tile. Express the answer in radical form.
The area of a regular hexagon is given by:
6*(1/2)*s2*(√(3)/2) = (1/2)*(3√(3))*s2 .... where s is the side length
So we have
(1/2)*(3√(3))*(5/8)2
(1/2)*(3√(3))*(25/64) =
(75√(3)) / (128) sq inches
73√3 over in2
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