If rice costs $1.50 per kilogram, determine the cost of a pound of rice.

$3.3075

Step-by-step explanation:

1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds

So we will multiply the $1.50 by 2.205 to get the cost per pound of rice

1.50 * 2.205 = $3.3075

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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