1. Split into this number of triangles
Step 1) What do you know?
apothem = 14in
Step 2) # of sides
= 6
60º
14 in
Split into this number of triangles
60º
Step 3) Central Angle
=360 6
=60º
Step 4) Draw half the triangle
½ Central Angle = 30º
30º
14 in
Step 5) Find smallest side X
TAN 30º = opposite
adjacent
= X 14
14 TAN 30º = X
8.08 in = X

2. Area = ½ apothem (Perimeter)
14 in
A= ½ a P
Multiply the side by 2 get the length of the whole side
8.08 in
Area = ½ apothem (Perimeter)
Area = ½ (14) ( * 6)
(length of the side
times # of sides)
14 in
Area = 679 in²
16.16 in