Set up the table as follows. label the rows “to the river” and “from the river.” label the columns “distance,” “rate,” and “time (in hours).” let t represent the unknown quantity in the problem. fill in the table.

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