write an op-ed piece that takes a side on a specific controversy concerning morality and science. Your piece will make at least one reference to Frankenstein as a way of framing your issue, and you should provide commonsense examples and personal anecdotes in support of your position.

I'm guessing a 'fragment'. read over the sentence and question again before you move on.

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