A kangaroo hopped 1/3 of the distance to the lake with her baby in her pouch. She hopped the remaining 7040 yards without her baby in her pouch. How many miles did the kangaroo hop to the lake?

Answer6 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

7040 yd ÷2 =3520

3520yd×3=10560yd

10560÷1760

answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,