I'm just this critter hiding out in the basement, drooling in my comic books or whatever." what does this metaphor mean..

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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

It could be said that the major gets upset because his wife has just died in an unexpected way. the major has received medals for his valor in battle but he never brags about it instead nick does. however, this is not what bothers him but that his young wife has died.