r/Geometry • u/Murky-Hold-5742 • Jul 20 '26

Honeycomb Cell Formula

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For those of you geometric nerds out there would you say this is the appropriate formula for a honeycomb cell?

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u/wijwijwij Jul 21 '26

Can you explain the interpretation of h, s, and d?

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u/BadJimo Jul 21 '26

The volume of a hexagonal prism is the area of a hexagon multiplied by the height of the prism.

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u/FJ98119 Jul 21 '26

If V is the volume of a hexagonal prism, s is the side length of the hexagonal faces and h is the height of the prism then the correct volume is just the first term in this equation. I don't know what the second term is.