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geometry senior
Problem
Regular hexagon has side length . Let be the midpoint of , and let be the midpoint of . What is the perimeter of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let the center of the hexagon be . , , , , , and are all equilateral triangles with side length . Thus, , and . By symmetry, . Thus, by the Pythagorean theorem, . Because and , . Thus, the solution to our problem is .
Final answer
D