What is the area (in sq cm) of a regular hexagon of side 10 cm?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Area of regular hexagon = 6 × area of one equilateral triangle.
= 6 × \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\) a2
= 6 × \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\) 102
= 6 × \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}\) × 100
= 150 \(\sqrt{3}\)