it costs $6.95 to ship a 4-pound package and $9.35 to ship a 7-pound package. the shipping charge can be modeled by a linear function of the form y= mx + b, where y represents the shipping charge in dollars and x represents the weight of the package in pounds. what is the cost to ship a package that weighs 13 pounds?

answer: what do you mean

answer: x=3 and y=4

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