Inscribed Hexagon

Geometry Level 3

A circle is inscribed in a regular hexagon with side 6 feet. A regular hexagon is inscribed in this circle. What is the ratio of the area of the bigger hexagon to the smaller hexagon.

Round off your answer to 2 decimal places.


The answer is 1.33.

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2 solutions

Marta Reece
Mar 20, 2017

Radius of inscribed circle and a side of the inscribed hexagon are the same, both equal 6 × c o s ( 3 0 ) = 6 × 3 2 6\times cos(30^\circ)=6\times\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} .

Areas are proportional to squares of distances, so we need the ratio of squares, which is 6 2 6 2 × 3 4 = 4 3 \frac{6^2}{6^2\times\frac{3}{4}}=\frac{4}{3} .

The radius of the inscribed circle is the side length of the smaller regular hexagon. Let x x be the radius and by pythagorean theorem,

x = 6 2 3 2 = 27 x = \sqrt{6^2 - 3^2} = \sqrt{27}

ratio = 6 2 ( 27 ) 2 = 1.33 \frac{6^2}{(\sqrt{27})^2} = 1.33

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