Aboy throws a baseball across a field. the ball reaches its maximum height, 18 meters, after 1 second. after approximately 2.3 seconds, the ball lands on the ground. the ball’s motion can be modeled using the function f(x) = –10x2 + 20x + 8. what is the height of the ball 1.5 seconds after it is thrown?

yes

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