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Question from carol, a student:

i have been set a question that gives a regular hexagon and each of the sloping sides is 6cm from a corner of a base to the apex(point). it also has 2cm sides it looks sort of like this:
/\6cm
2cm

how do i find its height when only given those measurements?

Hi Carol,

hexagon

Penny

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