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65) What is the area of the hexagon?

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by sanju09 » Wed May 12, 2010 4:37 am
ern5231 wrote:Perimeter of hexagon is 36. What is the area of the shadowed region?
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The figure maintains that it’s a regular hexagon of side 6. The shadowed region is hexagon region minus six one-thirds of circle of radius 3 with one more circle of radius 3, which is in the middle

= 6 × √3/4 × (6) ^2 – {6 × 1/3 × π × (3) ^2 + π × (3) ^2}

= 54 √3 – 27 π

= [spoiler]27 (2 √3 – π)

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by kstv » Wed May 12, 2010 6:03 am
Area of the equilateral triangle with vertex at the centre of the inner circle and base as the side of the hexagon
= 3*5 = 15 , height = h, h² = 6²-3² or h = 5
Area of the three sector inside the triangle = semicircle as each angle = 60° = pi*9 /2
Area of one shaded area = 15 - 9/2 pi
Area of 6 shaded are = 6*3(5-1.5pi)
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by clock60 » Wed May 12, 2010 2:45 pm
ern5231 wrote:Perimeter of hexagon is 36. What is the area of the shadowed region?
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not too sure in my solution but anyway
the propety of hexagon is that its side equals the radius of circumscribed circle, it means that
perimeter of the hexagon=6*R=36, R=6
and the Radius of any given circle ( i hope that they are equal)=3
let us find the area of the sector of circle
120/360*pi*3^2=3*pi
and we have 6 sectors so total sum will be 6*3*pi
we have 1 whole circle with area=pi*3^2=9*pi
so total area of not bolded sum inside the hexagon=18*pi+9*pi=27*pi

the area of hexagon=3/2*(3^1/2)*R^2=3/2*(3^1/2)*6^2=54*3^1/2



so bolded area=area of hexagon-not bolded area=54*3^1/2-27*pi=27(2*3^1/2-pi)
wow the same ans with that of sanju09
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by harshavardhanc » Wed May 12, 2010 3:10 pm
ern5231 wrote:Perimeter of hexagon is 36. What is the area of the shadowed region?
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required area = area of hexagon - area of 3 circles with r as side/2

area of hexagon = 6 * 6^2 / 4 * V3

area of 3 circles = 3 * pi * 3^2

= 6 * 6^2 / 4 * V3 - 3 * pi * 3^2

= 3^3 ( 2 V3 - pi )
Regards,
Harsha
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