Acompany’s profits         (p)  are related to increases in a worker’s average pay (x) by a linear equation. if the company’s profits drop by $1,500 per month for every increase of $450 per year in the worker’s average pay, what is the slope of the graph of the equation?

If we are to establish the equation that would allow us to express the given scenario, we are to first make all the values into a per year or per month basis. For the purpose of showing the solution in this item, we use the per year basis. The equation is then equal to,
 
       P  = 450x - (1500)(12)

      P = 450x - 18000

The equation is in the slope-intercept form in which the slope is the numerical coefficient of the first term on the right hand side of the equation. Hence, the answer to this item is 450. 

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