A rope of length 60cm is cut into pieces. One piece is used to from a rectangle of length 12cm and width 6cm. The other piece is bent into a regular hexagon. What is the length of each side of the hexagon?
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Length of first piece= 2(12+6)
=36 cm
Length of second piece= 60-36
=24 cm
A hexagon has six sides
So, each side = 24/6=4 Cm
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Answer:
4 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
remaining piece of rope=60cm-perimeter of rectangle
remaining piece of rope =60-2(12+6)
=60-2(18)
=60cm-36
24 cm
since regular hexagon has all sides equal
so consider them x
According to question
x+x+x+x+x+x=24 cm
6x=24cm
x=24/6
x=4cm each
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