2016 AMC 10B Problem 23


In regular hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF , points WW , XX , YY , and ZZ are chosen on sides BC\overline{BC} , CD\overline{CD} , EF\overline{EF} , and FA\overline{FA} respectively, so lines ABAB , ZWZW , YXYX , and EDED are parallel and equally spaced. What is the ratio of the area of hexagon WCXYFZWCXYFZ to the area of hexagon ABCDEFABCDEF ?

(A) 13(B) 1027(C) 1127(D) 49(E) 1327\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{10}{27}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{11}{27}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{4}{9}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{27}


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