In 2011, there were 9 fewer democratic state governors than republican state governors. find the number of state governors from each party. rhode island has an independent governor, so use a total of 49, representing the other 49 states.

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

i believe so, according to my "strange" way of figuring out weird math problems like this.

the answer is 1,118,210 lol