The area of a hexagon is determined from the formula [image: 50a6f428b32c633d3a25ca864cda5aec.png]
where t is the length of the side. With an 8 ft side, the area works out to 166 sq. ft. Milt On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:02 AM, ken winston caine < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > How can that be? > > Please work out the math for us in a message so we can see it. > > If you just had an 8-footx8-foot floor area you would have 64 square feet. > And with the hexagon made up of SIX (not five) 8-foot walls, you have > substantially more than an 8-footx8-foot floor area. > > Am sure I must have missed an earlier message in this thread, but the > square-footage number leaped out at me in this message. For year's I've > accepted Vinay's calculation that the traditional hexayurt provides 166 > square feet of floor area. I'm pretty sure he's calculated that correctly. > But I'm not a math whiz and need to see how you are working out these > numbers, if you don't mind. > > Thanks, > ken > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ray Kornele <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, June 17, 2011 11:41 AM > *Subject:* Re: [hexayurt] Legal Status for Hexayurt Constructions ? - > Construction Permit Required ? > > If you do the math you may find that is not the case. > It actually figures out to 41.56928 square feet for the one mane of 5 > sheets of plywood. Where the 166 figure came from, but it's WAY off. > > > KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid) > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Bill Wiltschko <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The typical hexayurt is 166 sq ft. >> >> >> >> Bill >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
