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UKMT Senior Kangaroo, 2017

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

The figure shows a shape consisting of a regular hexagon of side $18$ cm, six triangles and six squares. The outer perimeter of the shape is $P$ cm. What is the value of $P$ ?

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