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Equiangular Hexagon

The area of triangle ACE is 70% of the total area of the hexagon. By relating the areas using trigonometry and congruent triangles, the equation 10r^2 + 10r + 10 = 7r^2 + 4r + 1 is derived. Solving this equation yields the sum of all possible values of r as 6.

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Equiangular Hexagon

The area of triangle ACE is 70% of the total area of the hexagon. By relating the areas using trigonometry and congruent triangles, the equation 10r^2 + 10r + 10 = 7r^2 + 4r + 1 is derived. Solving this equation yields the sum of all possible values of r as 6.

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Equiangular hexagon 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹 has side lengths 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐸𝐹 =

1 and . 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐷𝐸 = 𝐹𝐴 = 𝑟. The area of 𝐴𝐶𝐸 is 70% of the


area of the hexagon. What is the sum of all possible values of 𝑟?

First, draw a picture.

1
𝐴 𝐵

𝑟 𝑟

𝐹 𝐶

1 1

𝑍 𝐸 𝑟 𝐷 𝑌

Extending the sides of the equiangular hexagon (Each angle in the hexagon is 120°) form
a equilateral triangle of side length 𝑟 + 2. We can express the area of the hexagon as the area of the
big triangle minus the three equilateral triangles with side length 1. This is:

2
𝑟+2 3 12 3
−3
4 4

(𝑟 2 + 4𝑟 + 1) 3
=
4

Now we want to find the area of ∆𝐴𝐶𝐸. Draw a perpendicular from 𝐶 to 𝐷𝑌. Let’s call the
3 1
foot of the perpendicular 𝑃. We know 𝐶𝑃 = 2
, and 𝐷𝑃 = 2, because ∆𝐶𝑃𝑌 is an equilateral triangle

with side length 1.


𝐶

𝐸 𝑟 𝐷 𝑃 𝑌

3
∆𝐸𝑃𝐶 is a right triangle with legs 𝐸𝑃 =, 𝐶𝑃 = 2
, and hypotenuse 𝐸𝐶, which we want to find.

Using the Pythagorean theorem,

2 2
2
1 3
𝐸𝐶 = 𝑟 + +
2 2

= 𝑟2 + 𝑟 + 1

By SAS, Triangles 𝐸𝐷𝐶, 𝐴𝐵𝐶, and 𝐴𝐹𝐸 are congruent, so ∆𝐴𝐶𝐸 is equilateral.

The area of ∆𝐴𝐶𝐸 is

𝐸𝐶 2 3
=
4

We know that ∆𝐴𝐶𝐸, is 70% the area of the hexagon, so we can plug these values in.

(𝑟 2 + 𝑟 + 1) 3 7 (𝑟 2 + 4𝑟 + 1) 3
=
4 10 4

3
Divide both sides by .
4

7 2
𝑟2 + 𝑟 + 1 = 𝑟 + 4𝑟 + 1
10

Multiply both sides by 10.

10𝑟 2 + 10𝑟 + 10 = 7 𝑟 2 + 4𝑟 + 1

3𝑟 2 − 18𝑟 + 3 = 0

𝑟 2 − 6𝑟 + 1 = 0

−(−6)
So the sum of all possible values of 𝑟 is = 𝑬(𝟔)
1

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