Afire fighter has to get to a burning building as quickly as he can. there are three paths that he can take. he can take his fire engine over a large hill (5 miles) at 10 miles per hour. he can take his fire engine through a windy road (7 miles) at 9 miles per hour. or he can drive his fire engine along a dirt road which is 8 miles at 12 miles per hour.

final total: 63

step-by-step explanation:

60 times sales tax

60 times 0.05

3

60 + 3

63

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