Mr. Sinatra has fenced in a rectangular play area for his new dog (Penny) to play in. Currently, the fenced-in area is 4 times as long as it is wide. However, Mr. Sinatra is considering extending the length by 8 feet and decreasing the width by 2 feet. If the length is increased by 8 feet and the width is decreased by 2 feet, the area will be 240 square feet. What was the area of the original play area? Pls Need the explanation

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so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3