Drinking 8 fluid ounces of milk provides 270.0 milligrams of calcium. how many fluid ounces of milk provide 72.5 milligrams of calcium? round to the nearest tenth. a. 2.1 fluid ounces b. 2.3 fluid ounces c. 2.6 fluid ounces d. 1.8 fluid ounces

A) 2.1 fluid ounces of milk provide 72.5 milligrams of calcium.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Drinking 8 fluid ounces of milk provides 270.0 milligrams of calcium.

To find  : How many fluid ounces of milk provide 72.5 milligrams of calcium? Round to the nearest tenth.

Solution : We have given that

270.0 milligrams of calcium provided by  = 8 ounces of milk.

1 miligram of calcium provided by = = 0.0296

72.5 milligrams of calcium provided by  = 0.0296 × 72.5 = 2.14 fluid ounces

Nearest tenth of 2.14 = 2.1

Therefore, A) 2.1 fluid ounces of milk provide 72.5 milligrams of calcium.

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