The jurassic zoo charges $14 for each adult admission and $9 for each child. the total bill for the 214 people from a school trip was $2081. how many adults and how many children went to the zoo?

a=adult

c=child

a+c=214

c=214-a

9c+14a=2081

9(214-a)+14a=2081

1926-9a+14a=2081

5a=155

a=155/5=31

31 adults

183 children

check

31*14 = 434

183*9=1647

1647+434=2081

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

y=-2x+1500

step-by-step explanation:

+1500

2 over one