Dillon is decorating a rectangular ballroom ceiling with garland. Beginning in a corner, Dillon strings garland along the length of the ceiling, a distance of 72 feet. Next, Dillon strings
garland along the width of the ceiling, a distance of 65 feet. Then Dillon strings the garland
straight back to the original corner. At this point, how much garland has Dillon used?

my answer is$ 12

step-by-step explanation:

because 15 -2=12

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