If the area of the regular hexagon is 90, what is the area of the purple region?
The area of a regular hexagon A is related to its length L by
A=3√32L2
Consider the top white isosceles triangle.
The base is 2Lsin60∘=√3L. This is also the length of the rectangle.
The width of the rectangle is L, so the area of the rectangle is √3L2=23A.
The area of rectangle is two thirds of the area of the hexagon, which is 60.