E 1 A tree that is 6.1 meters tall casts an 5.3 meter shadow. A wire running from the top of the tree to the end of its shadow must be how long? A 6.9 m B 7.2 m C 8.1 m D 10.2 m​

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