The area of a circle inscribed in a regular hexagon is 100π. The area of hexagon is:
Pick one
Solution
We can split the hexagon into 6 equilateral triangles. If the area of the circle is 100pi, then the radius is 10. The radius is equal to the height of one of the equilateral triangles. Using sin60=23, we get the hypotenuse is 3203, which is also equal to the side length. Using the hexagon formula (or going back to the equilateral triangle formula ⋅6), we get 46⋅s23⇒46⋅(3203)2⋅3⇒46⋅3203⋅3203⋅3⇒2003
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