How do you find the area of a hexagon without a side length?

Answer 1

To find the area of a Regular hexagon with side length (x) you need:

1. The "radius" of the hexagon. (Just the length from the center to the outside edge.)

2. The apothem. (which is only just half of the height of the base.)

**If you don't have one or both of these you can't do it.**

Steps:

1. Make a triangle of the apothem (used as a) and the radius. (r)

2. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find 1 half of the side length.

3. Multiply the actual side length by 6.

4. Multiply that by a.

5. The area is your answer.