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
5/1 is the reciprocal of 1/5
X=3
Y=2
Use the "Guess and Check Method"
For example, I inputed 2 for X and found that it was too small to work for the second equation, so I put in 3. Then for Y, I input 2 because 3+2=5. I put 2 in to replace Y in the second equation (3x-y=7) to see that 9-2=7. Therefore, X=3 and Y=2
Step-by-step explanation:






