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Written solution:

Let the side length of the triangle be $s.$ This means the perimeter is $3s.$ Therefore, the side length for the hexagon is $\frac{3s}{6} = \frac s2.$

A hexagon can be made of $6$ equilateral triangles with side length $\dfrac{s}{2}$ as shown above. Each triangle is the original triangle scaled down by $\dfrac{1}{2},$ so the area is scaled down by $(\dfrac{1}{2})^2 = \dfrac{1}{4} .$ Therefore, the area of each of these triangles is $4 \cdot \dfrac{1}{4} = 1.$ Since there are $6$ of them, the area is $6\cdot 1 = 6.$

Thus, the answer is C .