The central angle of a hexagon is 60°. Dividing it by two will give us 30°. The side opposite to 30° is 2 inches, multiplied by 2 is 4 inches. Thus, each side of the hexagon is 4 inches. Also, the apothem is 2sqrt(3). The area of the figure is calculated through the equation,
A = 0.5aP
where a is apothem and P is perimeter
Substituting,
A = 0.5(2sqrt3)(4 x 6) = 24sqrt3
The answer is approximately 41.57 in².
Helena is correct in saying that the point-slope form will generate the equation. The point-slope form is written as:
y-y₁ = m(x-x₁), where,
m = (y₂-y₁)/(x₂-x₁) is the slope of the line
(x₁,y₁) and (x₂,y₂) are the coordinates of the two points
On the other hand, the slope-intercept form is written as:
y = mx + b, where,
m is the slope of the line
b is the y-intercept
In this case, since only two points were given, the y-intercept of the line is not readily known. Thus, it is only through the point-slope form that the equation of the line can be determined. This is because it only requires the substitution of the x and y-coordinates of the points in the equation.
The equation of a line given two points needs to be found. Samuel claims that slope-intercept form will generate the equation and Helena claims that point-slope form will find the equation. Who is correct? Explain your reason by describing both forms.
This is a linear graph where the y-int. Is (0,-4) and the x-int. Is (2,0)
In this case, we will use our Pythagorean Theorem.
a = 84
b = 13
c = x
Thus,
x = 85.
