Read "The Undercover Parent" by Harlan Coben. Note where and when it was published. Then respond to the following questions in a quick-write.
1. What was the immediate social situation in which this article was written? What was
happening in the world at that time in terms of technology use? Who was Coben's first
audience?

Expostion, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

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