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HMMT 2019 U8

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A regular hexagon PROFITP R O F I T has area 1. Every minute, greedy George places the largest possible equilateral triangle that does not overlap with other already-placed triangles in the hexagon, with ties broken arbitrarily. How many triangles would George need to cover at least 90%90 \% of the hexagon's area?

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