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Construct a regular hexagon of side 4 cm. Construct a circle circumscribing the hexagon.

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Steps of construction :

  1. Draw a line segment AB = 4 cm.

  2. At A and B, draw rays making an angle of 120° each and cut off AF = BC = 4 cm.

  3. Again from F and C, draw rays making an angle of 120° each and cut off FE = CD = 4 cm.

  4. Join DE. Thus, ABCDEF is the regular hexagon.

  5. Draw diagonals AD and FC. Let it meet at point O.

  6. With O as center and OA as radius draw a circle passing through A, B, C, D, E and F.

Construct a regular hexagon of side 4 cm. Construct a circle circumscribing the hexagon. Constructions, Concise Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 10.

Hence, above is the required circumcircle of regular hexagon.

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