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What is the ratio of the area of triangle and hexagon?

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If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon then what's would be the ratio of the areas of the triangle ACE to that of the hexagon ABCDEF?
Hexagon and triangle

posted Sep 18, 2014 by Aman

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Ratio would be 1:2, take the center of hexagon and connect that center to A, E, C. Now you have three yellow triangle and three blue all same size, hence the ratio is 1:2

answer Sep 19, 2014 by Salil Agrawal

where O is centre
TRIANGLE AFE = AOE=ABC=AOC=CDE=EOC, then
TRIANGLE ACE = 1/2 AREA OF REGULAR HEXGONAL

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3;6 or 6;3
-Anonymous

answer Jul 13, 2015 by anonymous



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