Figure 8 above shows a regular hexagon one each side of the right triangle. The next
shape I tried to test my hypothesis was to have a hexagon. This time I just started with the area of
regular polygons recalling the formula that the area equals one-half times the apothem times the
perimeter. In this case the apothem is the perpendicular distance from the center of a polygon to
the edge. Also the apothem is the same as the height of the equilateral triangles, drawn from the
center to each vertex of the polygon. The perimeter would equal the number of sides times each
side length. Each hexagon has an area equal to