Suzanne keeps track of her company’s gains and losses. This table shows the gains and losses for three months. -$300 represents a loss of $300
-$300 represents a gain of $300
$0 represents a gain
$0 represents a loss
$0 represents no gain and no loss
+$400 represents a loss of $400
+$400 represents a gain of $400

a is the right answer

y -5 = (-1/4)(x + 8)

step-by-step explanation:

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