Posted by Taylor on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 7:39pm.
In general, if each side is x
then area = 6(1/2)(x)(√3x/2)
=(3/2)√3 x^2
find area of one of the 6 equilateral triangles
the base will be x , and using Pythagoras or basic trig it can be show that the height is √3x/2
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