Merge triangle objects in illustrator? [duplicate]

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So I have a series of different color triangles that make up a heptagon. I would like to merge the triangles to make it one shape/object so that if I want to add stroke it applies to the outline of the object and not towards each individual triangle.

1. Merge multiple triangles into one heptagon.


2. Add a stroke to the new object