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Lecture 5 Assignment

 
 
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Lecture 5 Assignment
by Blair Chen - Monday, 22 January 2024, 8:21 PM
 

Hi,

The areteem professor in our homework discussion did not go over problem 5.27. I'm not really sure how to start that one. I tried labeling the sides.

For 5.30, the areteem professor did not go over it as well. For part a, what is the formula for area of a hexagon. For part b, what is a dodecagon? And what is its formula?

Thanks


 
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Re: Lecture 5 Assignment
by Dr. Kevin Wang - Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 12:14 AM
 

Please specify the class you are taking.  Students from all classes post here and it could get confusing about which class the question came from.

In any case, it appears that this is about Math Challenge I-C Winter 2023-24 class.  Problem 5.27 has a bunch of isosceles right triangles  (45-45-90) in the diagram.  As a hint, what are the lengths of $BE$ and $EC$?

In 5.30, a regular hexagon can be divided into six equilateral triangles.  A dodecagon is a $12$-sided polygon. To calculate the area, you may want to connect its vertices with its center.