Janet is painting her shed. she buys some gallon-sized paint cans that cost $15 each and 2 quart-sized paint cans that cost $4 each. the cost of janet's total purchase is $53. write and solve an equation to determine the number of gallons of paint that janet purchased.

Aparticular telephone number is used to receive both voice calls and fax messages. suppose that 25% of the incoming calls involve fax messages, and consider a sample of 25 incoming calls. (a) what is the expected number of calls among the 25 that involve a fax message?

Match the vocabulary to the proper definition. in probability, two events in which 1. conditional probability the outcome of one event is independent of the outcome of a second event. 2. dependent events in probability, two events in which the outcome of one event is dependent on the outcome of a second event. the probability of an event in which the outcome of the event is conditional on the outcome of one or more different events. 3. independent events

Aresearch study is studying the effects of a new drug for osteoporosis alzheimer's disease (ad) for women above the age of 65 years. a group of individuals with osteoporosis is randomized into two groups. one group is treated conventionally, and the second group is treated with the new medication. assessments are made at 3, 6, 12, 36, and 48 months. the conventionally treated group is assessed for ad using a serum blood test, and the treatment group is assessed for ad using a pet radiotracer that binds to beta-amyloid plaques. in comparing these 2 trial arms, the authors of the study may encounter which type of bias? a. selection bias on the risk of developing b. measurement bias c. confounding bias d. recall bias e. lead-time bias