Divide estimate to help you explain how you found the answer
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1/48

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the expression 1/6÷8

This can also be represented by multiplying 1/6 with the reciprocal of 8

Reciprocal of 8 = 1/8

Multiply 1/6 and 1/8

1/6×1/8

= 1/(6*8)

= 1/48

Hence 1/6÷8 is 1/48

this excerpt is taken from the book “we shall not be moved : the women’s factory strike of 1909 “ and is written by joan dash. it is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in america formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

question: which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text?

answer: to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event