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Question 13

The diagram below shows a regular hexagon with side length 1, inscribed in a square. Two of the vertices lie on the diagonal of the square and the remaining vertices lie on its sides. What is the area of the square?

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The two vertices on the square diagonal are opposite vertices of the regular hexagon, so the hexagon and square have the same centre. Since a unit side of the hexagon makes an angle of $$15^\circ$$ with a square side, the width of the hexagon is $$2\cos15^\circ$$. Thus the square side is $$2\cos15^\circ$$ and its area is $$4\cos^2 15^\circ=2+\sqrt{3}$$.

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