At the start of the first down, the football was 25 yards from the captains' end zone. during three downs, the ball moved 6 yards closer to their end zone, then 10 yards farther from it, and then 8 yards closer to it. how many yards from their end zone was the ball at the end of the third down?

First down = 25 yards.

Ball moved 6 yards closer = 25 - 6 or 19 yards.

Then 10 yards away = 19 + 10 or 29 yards.

Then 8 yards closer = 29 - 8 or 21 yards.

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