The answer to this question is 0.4
The answer really depends on what b is. Unless you give me a number for what b equals I can’t solve it.
I’m not 100% certain but i’m pretty sure 1:3 works
Well the area of a trapezoid is defined by the following formula:
A =

where b₁ and b₂ are the bases of the trapezoid and h is the height of the trapezoid.
Let's plug in what we know into this formula:
h = 7 the perpendicular distance between the two bases
b₁ = 15 the shorter parallel side
b₂ = 25 the longer parallel side made up of 4 + 15 + 6
so, A =

This is in square units of measure of course, so 140 in²
4b + 22 = 5 (b + 4) - 1 (remove the parantheses)
4b + 22 = 5b + 20 - 1 (calculate)
4b + 22 = 5b + 19 (move the terms)
4b - 5b = 19 - 22 (collect like terms and calculate)
-b = -3 (change the signs)
<em>b = 3</em>