Linda needs 2200 calories per day to maintain her present weight and daily activities. She wants to lose x pounds per day. Each pound of body weight lost is equivalent to 3400 calories. Write her daily calorie intake as a linear function of the number of pounds of weight lost per day. (Let y represent the calorie intake and x represent the number of pounds of weight lost per day.)

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