Agardener plants seedlings in a line in small enclosures formed by bricks. each extra seedling planted means two extra bricks are needed. the formula for the number of bricks needed for n seedlings is (2n+2).write down an equation and solve it to calculate the number of seedlings that can be planted when there are 78 bricks.

Stu and ambrose are working together on a study of whether diet is related to students' mental health. first, they randomly select 10 students from the student center and 10 students from the office of counseling and psychological services. then, they ask students to rate their diet in terms of healthiness on a scale of 1-100 before completing a 20-item mental health survey. a) name one of the constructs being studied b) how was the construct you named above operationally defined in this experiment? e) was the variable you described above their independent variable, their dependent variable, or a controlled variable? d) what is a confounding variable? what is a potential confound in this study?