Given the following exponential function, identify whether the change represents growth or decay, and determine the percentage rate of increase or decrease.
y = 64(0.13)^X

answer is because 4×10=40

and 98×4= is 392

40,392

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