Question 5 (c) - Figure it out - Page 132 - Chapter 6 Class 6 - Perimeter and Area (Ganita Prakash)

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A piece of string is 36 cm long (c) A hexagon (a six sided closed fig) - Figure it out - Page 132

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Question 5 (c) A piece of string is 36 cm long. What will be the length of each side, if it is used to form: (c) A hexagon (a six sided closed figure) with sides of equal length?Since string forms a regular hexagon Length of string = Perimeter of regular hexagon 36 = Sum of all sides 36 = a + a + a + a + a + a 36 = 6a 6a = 36 a = 𝟑𝟔/𝟔 a = 6 cm ∴ Length of hexagonal side is 6 cm

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