A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Authors purpose

this is b. how railways dealt with people riding the trains without paying

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4

answer: i think it is saying that “the young man hopes she will be free. him escape signal him the door with the lady give him a ring run away with him.

explanation: i ask myself in my head and think and think until i found this