Assume that each honeycomb cell is a regular hexagon. The distance is measured through the center of

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Assume that each honeycomb cell is a regular hexagon. The distance is measured through the center of each cell.

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a. Find the average distance across a cell in centimeters. 

b. Find the area of a "typical" cell in square centimeters. Show your steps. 

c. What is the area of 100 cells in square centimeters? in square decimeters? (1 decimeter = 10 centimeters.) 

d. Scientists are often interested in the number of cells per square decimeter. Explain how to rewrite your results in this form.

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Holt McDougal Larson Geometry

ISBN: 9780547315171

1st Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

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