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Given The Side Of A Hexagon, To Find The Diagonal. (Fig. 64.) Apply Formula 4.
D = diagonal. G = given side, ab.
Formula 4. D = 2 G.

Fig. 64. - Given The Side Of A Hexagon To Find The Width.

Fig. 65. - Given the Side of an Octagon to find the Diagonal.
 
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