Which expression is equivalent too ooo

By definition of multiplication of powers of the same base we have to put the same base and add the exponents, then, we can rewrite the expression as:

By definition of power properties we have to:

So, we have:

By definition of properties of powers and roots we have:

So, the expression is equivalent to:

Option B

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