alleryStart learning →Each angle of a regular hexagon is 120 degrees. How many hexagons meet at a vertex of a hexagonal tiling?
AFour
BThree
CSix
DFive
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Three
Three angles of 120 degrees add to 360 degrees, so exactly three hexagons fit round a point.
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