A crawler crane has two tracks. Each sits on a patch of ground 15 feet long by 2 feet wide. What is the area of the ground that is in contact with the two tracks? The total area of the ground contact is square feet.

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

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