The figure below shows the quotient of fraction 5 over 8division signfraction 3 over 8 using a rectangle model. rectangle divided into eight equal parts indicating five-eighths and three-eighths, where the first three parts are shaded dark, the next two parts are shaded light, and the last three parts are not shaded. what is the quotient?

a.   since the profit made in 2012 is equal to the profit made in 2014, the profit is symmetric about the line y = 120,000.

step-by-step explanation:

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