Hexagon Perimeter

A circle of radius 1 is inscribed in a regular hexagon. What is the perimeter of the hexagon?
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A circle of radius 1 is inscribed in a regular hexagon, as shown below. What is the perimeter of the hexagon?

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Hexagon Perimeter
 

This problem is adapted from the World Mathematics Championships