<em>An </em><em>apothem</em><em> is a line from the center of a regular polygon at right angles to any of its sides.</em>
<u>For part A</u>,
We want to find area of pentagon (5 sided figure) given apothem is 1.38 in and side length as 2 inch.
If we look at the picture shown (attached), we can see that a triangle is formed. What is the area of this triangle?
square inches
<u><em>How many such triangles are there in a pentagon? 10. So we multiply 0.69 by 10 to get total area of pentagon.</em></u>
Area of Pentagon = square inches.
<u>For part B</u>,
We want to find area of hexagon (6 sided figure) given apothem is 1.73 in and side length as 2 inch.
If we look at the picture shown (attached), we can see that a triangle is formed. What is the area of this triangle?
square inches
<em><u>How many such triangles are there in a hexagon? 12. So we multiply 0.865 by 12 to get total area of hexagon.</u></em>
Area of Hexagon = square inches.
ANSWER:
Area of Pentagon is 6.9 square inches.
Area of Hexagon is 10.4 square inches.
