Which of these sentences fails to paraphrase words from the passage? О А.
Hawaii began cultivating pineapples in the early 1900s.
B. Pineapples were soon found in all places and were inexpensive.
C. James Dole helped distribute pineapples in the United States,
D. They are native fruits to South America, not Hawaii,
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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