a regular hexagon with radius 4 cm is inscribed in a circle. find the area of the region between the sides of the hexagon and the circle. answer in simplest form in terms of py.
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a regular hexagon is like 6 isosceles triangles squashed together, with a 60 degree angle in the center of the hexagon.

in this problem each of those triangles have two sides of length 4

area of an isosceles triangle (when we know the inside angle and the 2 sides) is:

A = (1/2) * side^2 * sin(angle)

A = 0.5 * 4^2 * sin(60)

A = 0.5 * 16 * sqrt(3)/2

A = 4 * sqrt(3), in square centimeters

but we have 6 triangles to make the hexagon, so

Answer = 24 * sqrt(3),in square centimeters
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