Ratio of areas

What is the ratio of the area of the hexagon to the area of the triangle?
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What is the ratio of the area of a regular hexagon with side length 1 to that of an equilateral triangle of side length 4?

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Ratio of areas


This problem is taken from the World Mathematics Championships