How to get the area of a hexagon in Python

A hexagon is a polygon with six equal sides, each featuring six equal interior angles measuring 120 degrees. These sides can exhibit uniform lengths, forming regular hexagons or varying lengths, creating irregular hexagons. In this Answer, we’ll learn how to get the area of a regular hexagon in Python.

The formula for the area of a hexagon

To determine the regular hexagon’s area, we’ll apply the following formula:

Area=33×(side length)22 \text{Area} = \frac{3 \sqrt{3} \times\text{(side length)}^2}{2} \

Where:

  • Area is the area of the hexagon.
  • We’re using regular hexagons, so all sides have an equal length. That’s why we’re picking the one side of the length.
Regular hexagon
Regular hexagon

Example

Suppose we have each side length is 5. Then, calculate the area of the hexagon.

Code example

Let’s find out how to implement the code using the above formula.

import math
def hexagon(side_length):
    areaofhexagon = (3 * math.sqrt(3) * (side_length ** 2)) / 2
    return areaofhexagon
# Given side length
side_length = 5  # You can change this value to any desired side length
areaofhexagon = hexagon(side_length)
print("The area of the hexagon with side length {} is {:.3f}".format(side_length, areaofhexagon))

Explanation

Let’s discuss the above code in detail.

  • Line 1: This line imports the math module, which provides the square root function (math.sqrt) that we’ll use to calculate the area of the hexagon.

  • Line 3: The hexagon function takes one parameter, side_length, This function will calculate the area of the hexagon.

  • Line 4: This line calculates the area using the provided side length and stores the result in the areaofhexagon variable.

  • Line 5: The return statement ends the function and returns the calculated area as the result of calling the hexagon function.

  • Line 8: This line assigns a value of 5 to the variable side_length, representing the length of a side of the hexagon. You can change this value to calculate the hexagon’s area for a different side length.

  • Line 10: It calls the hexagon function with the side_length as an argument. This calculates the area of the hexagon using the formula and stores the result in the areaofhexagon variable.

Quiz

Answer the quiz to test your understanding of the answer.

Q

How many degrees are in each internal angle of a hexagon?

A)

90 degrees

B)

100 degrees

C)

120 degrees

D)

150 degrees

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