Points giveaway! 2 years ago, the ratio of Christopher's age to Horace's age was 5:8.
8 years later, the ratio of Christopher's age to Horace;s age would be 5:7.
What is the sum of Christopher and Horace's ages now?

the answer is d

the answer is in the first quadrant, which make the y-int positive.

since the dots are going down, therefore the correlation is negative

i hope it is right.

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