Maya wants to mark a length of 7 inches on a sheet of paper, but she does not have a ruler. she has pieces of wood that are 4 inches, 5 inches and 6 inches long. explain how she can use these pieces to mark a length of 7 inches?

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