A poll was taken of 100 students at a commuter campus to find out how they got to campus. The results were as follows: 35 said they drove alone. 38 rode in a carpool. 37 rode public transportation. 9 used both carpool and public transportation. 7 used both a carpool and sometimes their own cars. 9 used buses as well as their own cars. 4 used all three methods. How many used none of the above-mentioned means of transportation

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

e. hinduismt religion first emerged on the indian subcontent