Francis scores 3 more than 2 times the number of points that raid scores. Create an expression that represents the number of points Francis scores if Riad scores r points.

The expression would be 2r + 3

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