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Forty-eight congruent parallelograms with sides of length 62 feet and 20 feet are placed in a chevron pattern forming hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF, as shown. What is the perimeter of hexagon $\allowbreak ABCDEF$? [asy] unitsize (0.1 cm); draw((16,-20)--(-3,-20)--(0,0)--(-3,20)--(16,20)); draw((0,0)--(16,0)); draw((5,20)--(8,0)--(5,-20)); draw((13,20)--(16,0)--(13,-20)); dot((18,0)); dot((20,0)); dot((22,0)); draw((24,0)--(50,0)); draw((23,20)--(47,20)--(50,0)--(47,-20)--(21,-20)); draw((23,20)--(26,0)--(23,-20)); draw((31,20)--(34,0)--(31,-20)); draw((39,20)--(42,0)--(39,-20)); draw((39,21)--(39,25)); draw((47,21)--(47,25)); draw((39,23)--(47,23)); label("AA",(-3,20),NW); label("BB",(47,20),NE); label("CC",(50,0),E); label("DD",(47,-20),SE); label("EE",(-3,-20),SW); label("FF",(0,0),W); label("20'",(43,23),N); label("62'",(49,10),E); [/asy]
Plain-text mathematical notation (without MathML)
Forty-eight congruent parallelograms with sides of length 62 feet and 20 feet are placed in a chevron pattern forming hexagon ABCDEF, as shown. What is the perimeter of hexagon $\allowbreak ABCDEF$?

[asy]
unitsize (0.1 cm);

draw((16,-20)--(-3,-20)--(0,0)--(-3,20)--(16,20));
draw((0,0)--(16,0));
draw((5,20)--(8,0)--(5,-20));
draw((13,20)--(16,0)--(13,-20));
dot((18,0));
dot((20,0));
dot((22,0));
draw((24,0)--(50,0));
draw((23,20)--(47,20)--(50,0)--(47,-20)--(21,-20));
draw((23,20)--(26,0)--(23,-20));
draw((31,20)--(34,0)--(31,-20));
draw((39,20)--(42,0)--(39,-20));
draw((39,21)--(39,25));
draw((47,21)--(47,25));
draw((39,23)--(47,23));
label("A",(-3,20),NW);
label("B",(47,20),NE);
label("C",(50,0),E);
label("D",(47,-20),SE);
label("E",(-3,-20),SW);
label("F",(0,0),W);
label("20'",(43,23),N);
label("62'",(49,10),E);
[/asy]
Original LaTeX notation
Forty-eight congruent parallelograms with sides of length 62 feet and 20 feet are placed in a chevron pattern forming hexagon $ABCDEF$, as shown. What is the perimeter of hexagon $\allowbreak ABCDEF$?

[asy]
unitsize (0.1 cm);

draw((16,-20)--(-3,-20)--(0,0)--(-3,20)--(16,20));
draw((0,0)--(16,0));
draw((5,20)--(8,0)--(5,-20));
draw((13,20)--(16,0)--(13,-20));
dot((18,0));
dot((20,0));
dot((22,0));
draw((24,0)--(50,0));
draw((23,20)--(47,20)--(50,0)--(47,-20)--(21,-20));
draw((23,20)--(26,0)--(23,-20));
draw((31,20)--(34,0)--(31,-20));
draw((39,20)--(42,0)--(39,-20));
draw((39,21)--(39,25));
draw((47,21)--(47,25));
draw((39,23)--(47,23));
label("$A$",(-3,20),NW);
label("$B$",(47,20),NE);
label("$C$",(50,0),E);
label("$D$",(47,-20),SE);
label("$E$",(-3,-20),SW);
label("$F$",(0,0),W);
label("20'",(43,23),N);
label("62'",(49,10),E);
[/asy]

level

Level 5

type

Prealgebra

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