———The Russian icebreaker your Malkin move forward through 2.3 m thick ice at a speed of 5.5 km/h. Right and solve a multiplication equation to find the number of hours it will take to travel 82.5 km through the ice.

i'm sorry mate, but i am not seeing any figures. i am unable to solve this for you.

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