Iresisted all the way: a new thing for me, and a circumstance which greatly strengthened the bad opinion bessie and miss abbot were disposed to entertain of me. which word is a synonym of entertain as it is used in this sentence from the passage? a) amuse b) think c) invite d) hold up

The best synonym for the word, entertain, as it is used in the sentence is: B. Think.  Hope that helps.

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