As you read the fiction selection: "The Landlady" you came across a middle-aged Landlady woman who welcomes everyone with a warm smile. As the story proceeds, you notice some strange things for instance "her small white, quickly moving hands, and red fingernails." Now take a look at Billy's character. What would you have done differently?

The slope of a linear equation is equal to the change in the value of the dependent variable divided by the change in the value of the independent variable. in this problem, the dependent variable is the profit while the independent variable is the worker's average pay. if the profit is said to increase by 1500 when worker's average pay decrease by 450, the slope is equal to 1500/(-450)=-3.33