SOLUTION: A series of regular hexagons with each side having a length of 1 are put together to form a “hexagon train.” A 4-hexagon train perimeter is 18.What would be the perimeter of a 10

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Question 326768: A series of regular hexagons with each side having a length of 1 are put together to form a “hexagon train.” A 4-hexagon train perimeter is 18.What would be the perimeter of a 1000-hexagon train?
A.6000 units
B.6002 units
C.4000 units
D.3002 units
E.4002 units
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998 of the hexagons have 4 sides on the exterior of the figure and 2 of the hexagons have 5 sides on the exterior of the figure.

So the total number of exposed sides is . Since each of the sides has a measure of 1 unit, the number of sides is equal to the perimeter.


John