A regular hexagon has a side length of 6 units. the hexagon can be divided into six congruent and ✔ equilateral triangles. the apothem is perpendicular to a side and forms two 30-60-90 ° right triangles. the apothem is 3√3 units because it is . if the formula for the area of a polygon is 1/2(perimeter)(apothem), the area of the hexagon is ✔ 54 √3 square units.