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    baboushca Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 2, 2009, 05:52 PM
    Volume of a hexagon
    How do I calculate the volume of a hexagon?
    I really need the answer for a math exam I'm doing in school.
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    Jun 3, 2009, 07:00 AM

    Do you mean a prism with a hexagon base?

    If, so, do it like what you would have done for any other prisms, that is the area of the base times the height of the prism.
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    Jun 3, 2009, 07:12 AM

    I think he probably means "area," not volume.

    The area of a regular hexagon of side length "t" is:
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    Jun 3, 2009, 07:41 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by baboushca View Post
    How do i calculate the volume of a hexagon?
    I really need the answer for a math exam im doing in school.
    Since a hexagon is a plane figure, you can't calculate the volume. You calculate the area it by breaking the hexagon into six triangles. This page shows in great detail, how to do it:

    Calculation: area of a hexagon
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