SOLUTION: A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle. another regular hexagon is circumscribed about the circle so that the midpoints of its sides coinside with the vertices of the first he

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Question 254725: A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle. another regular hexagon is circumscribed about the circle so that the midpoints of its sides coinside with the vertices of the first hexagon. What is the ratio of the area of the larger hexagon to the area of the smaller?
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