According to "a new biographical approach," by emily toth, how do chopin’s personal experiences influence the women characters in her writing?

Kate Chopin often presents strong and decisive female characters in her novels. This is always something to note in literature, however, it is even more significant considering the time period during which Chopin wrote. According to Emily Toth, this tendency to portray self-reliant women came from Chopin's early experiences with the independent women of her family.

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.