Which statement best explains Douglass's purpose for writing this passage? to explain why it was important for him to learn to read and write

to illustrate how kind his mistress was and how terrible his master was

to share his thoughts on having young children teach him to read

to address the evils of slavery and the need for freedom

to address the evils of slavery and the need for freedom

Explanation:

Douglass's purpose in writing his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave was to provide a first-hand account of the horrors of slavery and thereby support the abolitionist movement.

to explain why it was important for him to learn to read and write

to illustrate how kind his mistress was and how terrible his master was

to share his thoughts on having young children teach him to read

to address the evils of slavery and the need for freedom

in the problem you wrote said that the taxi charges $0.070 per mile(which would be 7 cents per mile), but then in your suggested equation you have it as $0.70 per mile (which is 70 cents per mile).

the latter seems more realistic, so i will assume that the taxi costs $5.00 and charges $0.70 per mile with tolls costing an additional $3.50. and it asks you to find how far you can travel on $36.50.

let x the number of miles traveled. since the taxi charges $0.70 per mile, multiplying this by the miles traveled (x) will yield the cost of the taxi ride as far as how far it took you. then adding this amount to the cost of the taxi ($5.00) and the additional cost for the tolls ($3.50) will give you the total cost of the taxi ride ($36.50)

that is,

            (0.70)x + 5.00 + 3.50 = 36.50

adding the like terms on the left-hand side of this equation, we arrive at the following:

            (0.70)x + 8.50 = 36.50

subtracting 8.50 from both sides of the equation, we get:

            (0.70)x = 28.00

to solve for x, divide both sides of the equation above by the coefficient of x (that being, 0.70):

            x = 40

thus, you can travel up to 40 miles on $36.50

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.