The main purpose is to:
highlight for readers the hardships that Eileen Collins overcame
Explanation:
"Eileen Collins – NASA's First Female Shuttle Commander to Lead Next Shuttle Mission" is a text that bases itself not on the facts of the mission or the the journey of the protagonist once she becomes the shuttle commander.
The story instead focuses on how she overcame bias and odds to become what she has become.
It is a story of her struggles and trials and tribulations that have brought her this far in life.
The mode stands for the number in a series found the most.
In this series you have:
three 4s
two 17s
one 27
one 29
one 20
one 24
and one 34
The mode, or number most found, is 4.
The simple machine that is a shovel is a lever
