In a statistics course, the probability that a randomly selected student has take a calculus course is 0.14, while the probability that a randomly selected student drives to campus is 0.48. If the two events are independent, what is the probability that a randomly selected student in this statistics course has taken a calculus course and drives to campus.

P(Calculus and Drives) = 0.0672

Step-by-step explanation:

P(A and B) = P(A) * P(B) = 0.14 * 0.48 = 0.0672

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