Consider a square and a regular hexagon (a six-sided figure with sides of equal length). One side of the square is 10 feet longer than a side of the hexagon, and the two figures have the same perimeter. What are the lengths of the sides of each figure? Step 1 of 2: Use the variables x and y to set up two equations to solve the given problem

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Consider a square and a regular hexagon (a six-sided figure with sides of equal length). One side of the square is 10 feet longer than a side of the hexagon, and the two figures have the same perimeter. What are the lengths of the sides of each figure?

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