My sister can walk from school to home in 35 minutes. i can walk from school to home in 20 minutes. but today i stayed for some extra , and my sister was already 3/7 of the way home when i started. if i walk at my usual speed, can i catch my sister before she gets home? explain your reasoning.

you both will reach the home at the same time.

I) You can catch your sister.

ii) Reason: you both will reach home at the same time.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let "d" be distance from school to home.

Let's find the speed of you and your sister.

Speed =

Your speed =

Your sister's speed =  

Today, You stayed for some extra help by the time your sister covered of the way home.

Remaining distance to reach the home =

=

Now let's find the time to be taken your sister to reach the home.

Time =

=

So, your sister will take 20 minutes to get home by the time your start.

We know that it takes you 20 minutes to reach your home.

Therefore, you both will reach the home at the same time.

I) You can catch your sister.

ii) Reason: you both will reach home at the same time.

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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