The table shows two sloth populations growing over time. time
(years since 1990)
population 1 population 2
(thousands) (thousands)
0
90.0
39
1
76.5
37
2
65.0
35
3
55.3
33
4
47.0
31
5
6
7
8
mood from

x= cost per bracelet

number of bracelets * x + shipping charge = total cost

so

9x+9=72

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