Suppose you arrange six soda cans with two cans wide by three cans long (like a sixpack). Each can have radius of about 1.5 inches. Suppose all the cans are touching each other, and that you use a string to wrap around all 6 cans. How long is the portion of the string that wraps around all six cans

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Suppose you arrange six soda cans with two cans wide by three cans
long (like a sixpack). Each can have radius of about 1.5 inches. Suppose
all the cans are touching each other, and that you use a string to wrap
around all 6 cans. How long is the portion of the string that wraps
around all six cans?

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