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Perimeter and Surface Area Formulas

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Hexagon Perimeter and Surface Area Formulas

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Hexagon

Todd Helmenstine
A regular hexagon is a six sided polygon where each side is of equal length. This length is also equal to the radius ( r ) of the hexagon.

Perimeter = 6r
Area = (3√3/2 )r2

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