The regular hexagon has a radius of 4; what is the approximate area of the hexagon?

To find the area of a regular hexagon, we can use the formula:

Area = (3√3 / 2) × r²

where r is the radius of the hexagon. In this case, the radius is 4.

Substituting the value of the radius into the formula, we get:

Area = (3√3 / 2) × (4)²

Calculating the square of the radius:

4² = 16

Now we substitute this back into the area formula:

Area = (3√3 / 2) × 16

This simplifies to:

Area = 24√3

To get an approximate numeric value, we can use the approximate value of √3, which is about 1.732:

Area ≈ 24 × 1.732 ≈ 41.568

Therefore, the approximate area of the hexagon is about 41.57 square units.

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