Hexagon Inscribed in a Circle. Help?

[Sarah88]

Question: If a regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle with a radius of 6.72 centimeters, what is the length of one side of the hexagon?

Can someone help me, step by step, on how to solve this problem? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!


-Sarah

 

[Sarah88]

I'm crying here.

 

[Sarah88]

If I don't turn this in, I may fail the class, my scholarship will then be dropped, and I'll be sent back to Ecuador as my family can't afford the tuition in the states.

Please help.

 

[jacket81]

Okay, since a hexagon is 6 sided, then letting s be side, then Sin(360/(2*6))=(s/2)/6.72. Or Sin30 = (s/2)/6.72.
So, s=2*6.72*Sin30 = 6.72 cm.

 

[stapel]

If I don't turn this in, I may fail the class, my scholarship will then be dropped, and I'll be sent back to Ecuador as my family can't afford the tuition in the states.

Your entire academic career boils down to this one exercise...? One would have thought that, were the stakes actually that high, the poster would have invested a little effort into this.... :?

Have you even drawn a picture yet, and tried to find a way to relate the hexagon to the radius of the circle?

Eliz.

 

[Denis]

Your profile shows your "interests" as being: Numbers and Boys!

Change that to "Numbers and Numbers" and you should be ok :shock: