Robinson Wholesale Company paid $1350 for 500 items. Later they bought 800 items for $1710. Assume that the cost is a linear function of the number of items. Write the equation. (Let y represent the amount paid and x represent the number of items purchased.)

Agroup of student volunteers participates in a study designed to assess several behavioral interventions for improving output in a repetitive task. prior to the beginning of the study, all volunteers unknowingly observed, and their output is measured. at the beginning of the study, prior to any intervention, the volunteers perform the same task under the observation of a study administrator, and their overall output increases. which of the following terms describes this phenomenon? a. simpson's paradox b. hawthorne effect are d. novelty effect d. pygmalion effect e. observer-expectancy effect