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In a regular hexagon ABCDEF, prove that AB+AC+AD+AE+AF=3AD.

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The correct Answer is:
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By triangle law, `AB=AD-BD,AC=AD-CD`

Therefore, `AB+AC+AD+AE+AF`
`=3AD+(AE-BD)+(AF-CD)=3AD`
hence, `lamda=3" "(becauseAE=BD,AF=CD)`
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