Anumber is divided by 4,and the quotient is added to three. the result is 24.what is the number

Let

x---------> the number

y--------> the quotient

we know that

equation

equation

Substitute equation in equation

therefore

the answer is

the number is

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