Why did the author include the information in the text box at the bottom? A. to describe the different parts of Texas where the railroad was built B. to highlight the time it took to finish completing the entire railroad in Texas C. to explain why different railroad companies could not build the railroad as per their contract D. to provide additional information on the different railroad companies that worked in Texas

Syllable added to a root word to change its meaning : affixan independent word--example run,walk,book : free morphemeaffix that gives grammatical meaning such as tense or number : inflectiona word part that must attach to a word in order to be usable : bound morphemedegree of comparison formed by adding -er or more to an adjective : comparativedegree of comparison formed by adding -est or most to an adjective : superlativeaffix added to the beginning of a word : prefixaffix added to the end of a word : suffixroot word of lovable : lovetwo roots used together to form one word : combining form