2. Where is Grendel? Where does he go? What makes him go? Will he return? What will he be when he
returns? What do his origins and destinations have to do with his character?

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