Math Open Reference
| After doing this | Your work should look like this |
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| We start with a line segment AF. This will become one side of the hexagon. Because we are constructing a regular hexagon, the other five sides will have this length also. |  |
| 1. Set the compass point on A, and set its width to F. The compass will remain at this setting for the remainder of the construction. |  |
| 2. From points A and F, draw two arcs so that they intersect. Mark this as point O.
This is the center of the hexagon's circumcircle. |
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| 3. Move the compass to O and draw a circle.
This is the hexagon's circumcircle - the circle that passes through all six vertices |
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| 4. Move the compass on to A and draw an arc across the circle. This is the next vertex of the hexagon. |  |
| 5. Move the compass to this arc and draw an arc across the circle to create the next vertex. |  |
| 6. Continue in this way until you have all six vertices. (Four new ones plus the points A and F you started with.) |  |
| 7. Draw a line between each successive pairs of vertices. |  |
| 8. Done. These lines form a regular hexagon where each side is equal in length to AF. |  |