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2024 AMC 12B Problem 19

Equilateral \triangle ABC with side length 14 is rotated about its center by angle \theta, where 0 < \theta < 60^{\circ}, to form \triangle DEF. See the figure. The area of hexagon ADBECF is 91\sqrt{3}. What is \tan\theta? [asy] // Credit to shihan for this diagram. defaultpen(fontsize(13)); size(200); pair O=(0,0),A=dir(225),B=dir(-15),C=dir(105),D=rotate(38.21,O)*A,E=rotate(38.21,O)*B,F=rotate(38.21,O)*C; draw(A--B--C--A,gray+0.4);draw(D--E--F--D,gray+0.4); draw(A--D--B--E--C--F--A,black+0.9); dot(O); dot("$A$",A,dir(A)); dot("$B$",B,dir(B)); dot("$C$",C,dir(C)); dot("$D$",D,dir(D)); dot("$E$",E,dir(E)); dot("$F$",F,dir(F)); [/asy]

\textbf{(A)}~\frac{3}{4}\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\frac{5\sqrt{3}}{11}\qquad\textbf{(C)}~\frac{4}{5}\qquad\textbf{(D)}~\frac{11}{13}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\frac{7\sqrt{3}}{13}


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