Kaitlyn is walking on a treadmill at a constant pace for 28 minutes. She has programmed the treadmill for a 2-mile walk. The display counts backward to show the distance remaining. Enter and graph the equation that gives the distance f(x) left in miles as a function of the number x of minutes she has been walking. Then, find and compete the interpretation of the x- and y-intercepts.

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