Milo receives a commission of 8% on all sales. If his commission on a sale was $97.84 find the cost of the item he sold

Cost of the item sold= $1,223

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x= cost of the item sold

$97.84=commission on the item

Percentage of the commission=8%

To find the cost of the item sold

Commission=8% of cost of the item

97.84=0.08 * x

97.84=0.08x

Divide both sides by 0.08

97.84 / 0.08 = 0.08x / 0.08

1,223=x

x=$1,223

Therefore, cost of the item sold= $1,223

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