Zoology A honeycomb is made up of regular hexagonal cells. The length of a side of a cell is 3 mm. What is the area of a cell?
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You know the length of a side, which you can use to find the perimeter. | The apothem | Draw a diagram to help find the apothem. Then use the area formula for a regular polygon. |
The radii form six
The area is about
What is the area of each regular polygon? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.