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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Determine whether the given point is in the solution set to the given system.
1) (-1, 6)
x+y=5
x - y = -7
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: A

2) (-4, 2)
x+y=6
x-y=2
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: A

3) (2, -3)
2x + y = 1
4x + 2y = 2
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: B

4) (5, -2)
4x + y = 22
2x + 4y = 18
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: A

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Solve the system by inspecting the graph of the equations.
5) x + 5y = -14
5x - 5y = 20

y
8

-8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8 x
-2

-4

-6

-8

A) (1, -2)
B) (1, -3)
C) (0, -3)
D) ∅
Answer: B

6) 12x - 4y = -4
y = 3x + 1

y
8

-8 -6 -4 -2 2 4 6 8 x
-2

-4

-6

-8

A) (0, 1)
B) (x, y) y = 3x + 1
1
C) - , 0
3
D) ∅
Answer: B

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Solve the system by graphing.
7) 2x + y = -4
4x + 3y = -6
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(-3, 2)}
B) {(-1, -2)}
C) {(3, 2)}
D) {(-3, -4)}
Answer: A

8) -2x - 2y = -12
2x + 4y = 22
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(-2, 26)}
B) {(5, 1)}
C) {(1, 5)}
D) ∅
Answer: C

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9) x- y=5
2 3
5 2
x + y = 12
2 3
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(3, 1)}
B) {(4, 3)}
C) {(3, 4)}
D) {(4, -3)}
Answer: B

10) 3x + 2y = 5
-6x - 4y = 5
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(-1.5, -1)}
B) {(1, 1)}
C) ∅
D) {(1.5, -1)}
Answer: C

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11) 2x + y = 16
2x + y = 26
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) ∅
B) {(8, 8)}
C) {(12, -8)}
D) {(x, y) | 2x + y = 16}
Answer: A

12) 3x + y = 16
12x + 4y = 64
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(5, 1)}
B) {(x, y) | 3x + y = 16}
C) ∅
D) {(0, 16)}
Answer: B

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 13) 3x - 2y = 4
-6x + 4y = 7
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(x, y) | -6x + 4y = 7}
B) {(2, 1)}
C) {(1, 2)}
D) ∅
Answer: D

14) x = -y
y+ x=6
y
6

-6 -4 -2 2 4 6 x
-2

-4

-6

A) {(1, 1)}
B) {(1, 5)}
C) {(x, y) | y + x = 6}
D) ∅
Answer: D

Solve the system by substitution.

15) x + y = 2
x - y = 14
A) ∅
B) {(8, -6)}
C) {(-8, -5)}
D) {(7, -5)}
Answer: B

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16) x + 6y = 51
2x + 6y = 54
A) ∅
B) {(4, 3)}
C) {(3, 8)}
D) {(4, 7)}
Answer: C

17) x + 3y = 0
x - 3y = 24
A) {(12, -4)}
B) {(12, 4)}
C) {(-4, 12)}
D) {(3, -1)}
Answer: A

18) 5x - 4y = -17
8x + 8y = 88
A) {(3, 8)}
B) ∅
C) {(-3, 8)}
D) {(-6, -2)}
Answer: A

19) 5x + 7y = 6
5x + 7y = 12
A) ∅
B) {(1, 1)}
C) {(x, y) | 5x + 7y = 6}
D) {(5, 7)}
Answer: A

20) 4x + 4y = 3
5x + 5y = 10
A) {(x, y) | 4x + 4y = 3}
B) {(4, 5)}
C) ∅
D) {(1, 1)}
Answer: C

21) 0.3x + 0.9y = 1.8

x - 0.5y = -4.5
A) ∅
B) {(-3, 3)}
C) {(3, -3)}
D) {(-0.3, 0.3)}
Answer: B

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 22) 7y = 5x - 2
1 1 2
x- y=
7 5 35
A) (x, y) 7y = 5x - 2
2
B) ,0
5
2
C) 0, -
7
D) ∅
Answer: A

7x 5y
23) + =4
3 4
5x
- 2y = 21
6
A) {(-6, 8)}
B) {(6, 8)}
C) {(6, -8)}
D) {(-6, -8)}
Answer: C

24) 0.05x + 0.06y = 0.03

-0.05x + y = 3.15
A) {(3, -3)}
B) ∅
C) {(-3, 3)}
D) {(-0.3, 0.3)}
Answer: C

Solve the system by addition.

25) x + 5y = 20
8x + 4y = -20
A) {(-6, 6)}
B) ∅
C) {(5, 6)}
D) {(-5, 5)}
Answer: D

26) x + 7y = -21
-3x + 8y = -24
A) {(0, -3)}
B) {(3, 0)}
C) {(1, -4)}
D) ∅
Answer: A

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27) 9x + 5y = -21
2x - 2y = 14
A) {(1, -6)}
B) {(1, -5)}
C) ∅
D) {(0, -5)}
Answer: A

28) 9x - 7y = 35
5x + 4y = -20
A) {(0, -5)}
B) {(-1, -4)}
C) ∅
D) {(0, -4)}
Answer: A

29) 5x + 4y = 35
-3x + 2y = -21
A) {(6, 1)}
B) {(7, 1)}
C) {(7, 0)}
D) ∅
Answer: C

30) 7x - 35 = 8y
3x + 5y = -44
A) {(-3, -6)}
B) ∅
C) {(-4, -6)}
D) {(-3, -7)}
Answer: D

31) -3x - 2y = 0
-6x = -2 + 4y
A) {(4, -1)}
B) {(-3, -1)}
C) ∅
D) {(4, -6)}
Answer: C

3x y
32) - = -18
2 3
3x 2y
+ = -9
4 9
A) {(-12, 0)}
B) {(0, -12)}
C) {(0, 12)}
D) {(12, 0)}
Answer: A

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 33) 0.15x + 0.03y = 0.12
5x + y = 4
A) ∅
B) (0, 4)
C) (x, y) 5x + y = 4
4
D) ,0
5

Answer: C

1 1
34) x+ y=2
4 8
3 3
x+ y=5
4 8
A) (0, 16)
B) (8, 0)
C) ∅
1 1
D) (x, y) x+ y=2
4 8
Answer: C

Classify the system as independent, inconsistent, or dependent.

35) x + y = 2
x+y=5
A) Independent
B) Inconsistent
C) Dependent
Answer: B

36) 2x - y = 4
x + 3y = 2
A) Independent
B) Inconsistent
C) Dependent
Answer: A

37) x - 1 = y
y+ 2=x
A) Independent
B) Dependent
C) Inconsistent
Answer: C

38) 2x - y = 5
-4x + 2y = -18
A) Dependent
B) Inconsistent
C) Independent
Answer: B

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 39) 3x = y + 3
6x - 2y = 3
A) Inconsistent
B) Independent
C) Dependent
Answer: A

40) x - 3y = 6
3y + 1 = x
A) Independent
B) Dependent
C) Inconsistent
Answer: C

41) -4 = 8x + 6y
-18y - 24x = 12
A) Inconsistent
B) Independent
C) Dependent
Answer: C

42) -5 = 2x + 9y
18y + 4x = -11
A) Dependent
B) Inconsistent
C) Independent
Answer: B

Solve the system by graphing the equations on a graphing calculator and estimating the point of intersection. Round to
the nearest hundredth.
43) 6.84x - 4.73y = 4
8.98x + 2.86y = 2
A) {(0.36, 0.34)}
B) {(0.34, -0.36)}
C) {(-0.36, 0.34)}
D) {(-0.34, 0.36)}
Answer: B

Solve the problem.

44) Best Rentals charges a daily fee plus a mileage fee for renting its cars. Barney was charged $147 for 3 days and
300 miles, while Mary was charged $268 for 5 days and 600 miles. What does Best Rental charge per day and
per mile?
A) $27 per day, 24¢ per mile
B) $26 per day, 23¢ per mile
C) $23 per day, 26¢ per mile
D) $25 per day, 24¢ per mile
Answer: B

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45) There were 35,000 people at a ball game in Los Angeles. The day's receipts were $301,000. How many people
paid $13 for reserved seats and how many paid $6 for general admission?
A) 22,000 people paid $13 and 13,000 people paid $6
B) 12,250 people paid $13 and 22,750 people paid $6
C) 13,000 people paid $13 and 22,000 people paid $6
D) 22,750 people paid $13 and 12,250 people paid $6
Answer: C

46) There were 500 people at a play. The admission price was $3 for adults and $1 for children. The admission
receipts were $1100. How many adults and how many children attended?
A) 200 adults, 300 children
B) 300 adults, 200 children
C) 100 adults, 400 children
D) 275 adults, 225 children
Answer: B

47) A salesman sold $250 more than the rest of the sales staff. If the sales total for the day was $1300, how much did
the rest of the sales staff sell?
A) $525
B) $775
C) $1050
D) $650
Answer: A

48) A shopkeeper orders 48 pounds of cashews and peanuts. If he orders 42 less pounds of cashews, how many
pounds of peanuts did he order?
A) 24 lb
B) 6 lb
C) 3 lb
D) 45 lb
Answer: D

49) The perimeter of a rectangle is 54 cm. One side is 11 cm longer than the other side. Find the lengths of the sides.
A) 8 cm, 11 cm
B) 8 cm, 19 cm
C) 10 cm, 21 cm
D) 16 cm, 27 cm
Answer: B

50) The perimeter of a rectangle is 40 m. If the width were doubled and the length were increased by 23 m, the
perimeter would be 100 m. What are the length and width of the rectangle?
A) width 13 m, length 7 m
B) width 7 m, length 13 m
C) width 10 m, length 10 m
D) width 5 m, length 10 m
Answer: B

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 51) The perimeter of a triangle is 60 cm. The triangle is isosceles now, but if its base were lengthened by 2 cm and
each leg were shortened by 7 cm, it would be equilateral. Find the base of the original triangle.
A) 23 cm
B) 14 cm
C) 16 cm
D) 13 cm
Answer: B

For the given pair of points, find the equation of the line y = ax + b that goes through the points by solving a system of
equations.
52) (3, 5) and (5, 9)
A) y = 2x - 1
B) y = 2x + 5
C) y = 4x - 1
D) y = 2x + 11
Answer: A

53) (-9, -7) and (-7, -3)

A) y = 2x - 25
B) y = 2x + 11
C) y = 4x + 11
D) y = 2x - 7
Answer: B

54) (-3, 1) and (-4, 4)

A) y = -3x + 1
B) y = -6x - 8
C) y = -3x - 8
D) y = -3x + 10
Answer: C

55) (9, -9) and (7, -3)

A) y = 3x - 36
B) y = 3x - 18
C) y = -3x + 18
D) y = -3x - 9
Answer: C

56) (3, -1) and (-4, 20)

A) y = -3x + 8
B) y = 3x - 10
C) y = 3x + 8
D) y = -3x - 1
Answer: A

57) (-3, -2) and (4, 19)

A) y = 3x + 7
B) y = 3x - 11
C) y = 3x - 2
D) y = 6x + 7
Answer: A

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 58) (2, 3) and (5, 6)
A) y = x + 3
B) y = -x + 1
C) y = x + 5
D) y = x + 1
Answer: D

59) (-9, -8) and (-7, -6)

A) y = -x + 1
B) y = x - 17
C) y = x + 1
D) y = -x - 8
Answer: C

60) (1, -2) and (-7, 6)

A) y = -x - 1
B) y = x - 1
C) y = -x - 3
D) y = -x - 2
Answer: A

61) (-2, -3) and (6, 5)

A) y = x - 3
B) y = x - 1
C) y = x - 5
D) y = -2x - 1
Answer: B

Select the graph that represents the given equation.

62) x + y + z = 6
A)

14
 B)

C)

D)

Answer: C

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63) x + 2y - z = 4
A)

B)

C)

16
 D)

Answer: D

Determine whether the given point is in the solution set to the given system.
64) (-3, -1, 4)
2x - 2y - 3z = -16
4x - 3y + 3z = 3
x + y - 5z = -24
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: B

2 2
65) - , 1, -
3 3
9x - 9y - 6z = -11
6x + 3y - 3z = 1
x - y + 2z = -3
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: A

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66) 6, - , -4
2
3x - 2y + 3z = 17
x + 4y - 2z = -8
2x - y + z = 8
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: B

67) (-2, -1, 5)

x- y+ z= 4
2x - 8y - 3z = 24
3x + 4y + 2z = 7
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: A

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68) (2, 9, -4)
2x - 5y - 9z = -5
x+ y+ z= 7
3x - y + 5z = 35
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: B

69) (-2, 6, -1)

-x + 3y + 4z = 16
3x + 2y - z = 7
4x - y + 3z = -17
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: A

70) (7, 2, -5)

3x - 8y + z = 0
2x + 4y - 3z = 37
-x + 2y - z = 2
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: B

71) (2, 8, -3)

3x - 4y - 2z = -20
4x + y - z = 19
x - 2y + 3z = -23
A) No
B) Yes
Answer: B

72) (5, -4, 5)

2x - 3y + 3z = 24
4x + 4y - 3z = -8
3x - 3y + 2z = 23
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: B

4 4
73) -1, ,-
3 3
9x + 6y + 9z = 5
6x + 3y - 3z = 14
x - y + 2z = -3
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: B

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Solve the system of equations.
74) x + y + z = -12
x - y + 5z = -14
3x + y + z = -20
A) ∅
B) {(-3, -5, -4)}
C) {(-4, -5, -3)}
D) {(-3, -4, -5)}
Answer: C

75) x - y + 2z = 7
2x + z= 3
x + 3y + z = 0
A) {(3, 0, -1)}
B) {(3, -1, 0)}
C) {(0, -1, 3)}
D) ∅
Answer: C

76) x - y + z = 0
x+y+z= 2
x+y-z= 4
A) {(-1, 2, 1)}
B) ∅
C) {(2, 1, -1)}
D) {(2, -1, 1)}
Answer: C

77) x + 4y + 3z = 11
4y + 4z = 16
z= 3
A) {(-2, 3, 1)}
B) {(3, 1, -2)}
C) {(-2, 1, 3)}
D) ∅
Answer: C

78) 2x + 2y + z = -1
5x - 2y - z = -27
4x + y + 4z = -2
A) {(3, 2, -4)}
B) {(-4, 2, 3)}
C) {(-4, 3, 2)}
D) ∅
Answer: B

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 79) x - y + 4z = -3
4x + z= 0
x + 5y + z = 15
A) {(0, 3, 0)}
B) {(0, 3, -3)}
C) ∅
D) {(0, 0, 3)}
Answer: A

Find the ordered triple that belongs to the set.

80) {x, x + 4, x - 7|x = 2}
A) (2, 6, -5)
B) (-5, 2, 6)
C) (-5, 6, 2)
D) (2, -5, 6)
Answer: A

81) {x, 2x - 8, x - 7|x = 3}

A) (-4, 3, -2)
B) (-4, -2, 3)
C) (3, -2, -4)
D) (3, -4, -2)
Answer: C

82) {8y, y, y - 5|y = 2}

A) (16, -3, 2)
B) (2, 16, -3)
C) (2, -3, 16)
D) (16, 2, -3)
Answer: D

83) {5 - z, 1 - z, z|z = -5}

A) (-5, 6, 10)
B) (10, 6, -5)
C) (-5, 10, 6)
D) (10, -5, 6)
Answer: B

Solve the system of equations.

84) 2x + 10y + 10z = 90
x + 5y + 5z = -30
x + y + z = -3
A) {(-3, -4, -3)}
B) {(-4, -3, -3)}
C) {(-3, -3, -4)}
D) ∅
Answer: D

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85) x - y + 5z = -16
-5x + 5y - 25z = -4
x + 3y + z = 8
A) {(0, 4, -4)}
B) ∅
C) {(-4, 0, 4)}
D) {(-4, 4, 0)}
Answer: B

86) 5x -6y - z = -8
x + 8y - 9z = 18
-8x + y + z = -32
A) {(5, 3, 5)}
B) ∅
C) {(-5, 5, 10)}
D) {(5, 5, 3)}
Answer: D

87) 7x - y + 6z = 44
-6x + 4y - 2z = 0
-5x - 9y + z = -88
A) ∅
B) {(4, 8, 4)}
C) {(-4, 8, 8)}
D) {(4, 4, 8)}
Answer: B

88) 2x - y + 5z = 33
-6x - 3z = -48
4y + z = 34
A) {(5, 6, 7)}
B) {(-5, 7, 10)}
C) ∅
D) {(5, 7, 6)}
Answer: D

89) 8x - 2y - 4z = 4
5x + 2y - 8z = -8
24x - 6y - 12z = -1
A) {(x,y,z) | 8x - 2y - 4z = 4}
B) {(3, 3, -1)}
C) {(4, -8, -1)}
D) ∅
Answer: D

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 90) 5x - 8y + 5z = -56
-15x + 24y - 15z = 168
15x - 24y + 15z = -168
A) {(x,y,z) | 5x - 8y + 5z = -56}
B) {(-7, -3, -9)}
C) {(x,y,z) | 15x - 24y + 15z = -56}
D) ∅
Answer: A

91) x - 4y + z = 17
4x - y - z = 23
A) (0, -8, -15)
B) (x, x - 8, 4x - 15) x is any real number
C) (x, x - 8, 3x) x is any real number
D) (x, x - 8, 3x - 15) x is any real number
Answer: D

92) 2x + y = -6
2x - z = 6
y + z = -12
A) (x, -6 - 2x, 6 - 2x) x is any real number
B) (x, -6 - 2x, 2x - 6) x is any real number
C) (x, -6 - 2x , 2x) x is any real number
D) (0, -6, -6)
Answer: B

Use a system of equations to find the parabola of the form y = ax 2 + bx + c that goes through the three given points.
93) (5, 113), (2, 23), (4, 75)
A) y = 4x2 - 2x + 3
B) y = 4x2 + 2x + 3
C) y = 4x2 + 2x - 3
D) y = -4x2 + 2x + 3
Answer: B

94) (-5, -57), (-2, -6), (-4, -34)

A) y = -3x2 + 4x - 2
B) y = 3x2 - 4x - 2
C) y = -3x2 - 4x - 2
D) y = -3x2 - 4x + 2
Answer: C

95) (2, -27), (5, -105), (3, -47)

A) y = 3x2 - 5x - 5
B) y = -3x2 + 5x - 5
C) y = -3x2 - 5x - 5
D) y = -3x2 - 5x + 5
Answer: C

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Write a linear equation in three variables that is satisfied by the given ordered triples.
96) (0, 0, 5), (0, 1, 4), (1, 0, 4)
A) 2x + y + 2z = 5
B) x + y + z = 4
C) x - y - z = 5
D) x + y + z = 5
Answer: D

97) (0, 0, 2), (8, 8, 0), (16, 0, 0)

A) x + y + 8z = 16
B) x + y + z = 16
C) x + 8y + z = 16
D) x + y + z = 8
Answer: A

Solve the problem.

98) The sum of three numbers is 6. The first, minus the second, plus 3 times the third, is -6. The third, plus 4 times
the first, plus the second, is 12. What are the numbers?
A) No solution
B) 2, 5, -1
C) 2, 2, 5
D) -2, -5, 1
Answer: B

99) A $122,000 trust is to be invested in bonds paying 8%, CDs paying 5%, and mortgages paying 9%. The bond and
CD investment together must equal the mortgage investment. To earn a $9320 annual income from the
investments, how much should the bank invest in bonds?
A) $35,000
B) $24,000
C) $61,000
D) $26,000
Answer: D

100) The sum of a student's three scores is 214. If the first is 15 points more than the second, and the sum of the first
two is 7 more than twice the third, what was the first score?
A) 65 points
B) 80 points
C) 69 points
D) 54 points
Answer: B

101) A grain dealer sold to one customer 9 bushels of wheat, 7 of corn, and 8 of rye, for $94.40; to another, 7 of wheat,
8 of corn, and 9 of rye, for $95.80; and to a third, 8 of wheat, 9 of corn, and 7 of rye, for $95.40. What was the
price per bushel for corn?
A) $3.50
B) $4.00
C) $4.10
D) $4.30
Answer: D

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102) Michael's bank contains only nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 58 coins in all, valued at $4.70. The number
of nickels is 2 short of being three times the sum of the number of dimes and quarters together. How many
dimes are in the bank?
A) 43 dimes
B) 13 dimes
C) 7 dimes
D) 8 dimes
Answer: D

103) Linda invests $25,000 for one year. Part is invested at 5%, another part at 6%, and the rest at 8%. The total
income from all 3 investments is $1600. The combined income from the 5% and 6% investments is the same as
the income from the 8% investment. Find the amount invested at each rate.
A) $8000 at 5%, $10,000 at 6%, $7000 at 8%
B) $10,000 at 5%, $10,000 at 6%, $5000 at 8%
C) $5000 at 5%, $10,000 at 6%, $10,000 at 8%
D) $10,000 at 5%, $5000 at 6%, $10,000 at 8%
Answer: D

104) Mike, Joe, and Bill are painting a fence. The painting can be finished if Mike and Joe work together for 4 hours
and Bill works alone for 2 hours or if Mike and Joe work together for 2 hours and Bill works alone for 5 hours,
or if Mike works alone for 6 hours, Joe works alone for 2 hours, and Bill works alone for 1 hour. How much time
does it take for each man working alone to complete the painting?
A) Mike 8 hr, Joe 8 hr, Bill 16 hr
B) Mike 8 hr, Joe 16 hr, Bill 8 hr
C) Mike 12 hr, Joe 10 hr, Bill 10 hr
D) Mike 16 hr, Joe 8 hr, Bill 8 hr
Answer: B

105) Jane wants to buy a photocopier. The salesman has the following information on 3 models. If all 3 are used, a
specific job can be done in 50 minutes. If copier A operates for 20 minutes and copier B for 50 minutes, one-half
the job is finished. If copier B operates for 30 minutes and copier C for 80 minutes, three-fifths of the job is done.
Which is the fastest copier, and how long does it take for this copier to finish the whole job?
A) B is fastest; 100 min
B) C is fastest; 120 min
C) C is fastest; 100 min
D) A is fastest; 120 min
Answer: D

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 106) A company makes 3 types of cable. Cable A requires 3 black, 3 white, and 2 red wires. B requires 1 black, 2
white, and 1 red. C requires 2 black, 1 white, and 2 red. They used 100 black, 110 white and 90 red wires. How
many of each cable were made?
A) 10 cable A
30 cable B
93 cable C
B) 20 cable A
30 cable B
10 cable C
C) 10 cable A
30 cable B
20 cable C
D) 10 cable A
103 cable B
20 cable C
Answer: C

107) A company makes 3 types of cable. Cable A requires 3 black, 3 white, and 2 red wires. B requires 1 black, 2
white, and 1 red. C requires 2 black, 1 white, and 2 red. They used 95 black, 100 white and 90 red wires. How
many of each cable were made?
A) 5 cable A
30 cable B
25 cable C
B) 30 cable A
5 cable B
25 cable C
C) 58 cable A
30 cable B
22 cable C
D) 5 cable A
18 cable B
25 cable C
Answer: A

Determine whether the given point is in the solution set to the given system.
108) (1, 4)
x - 3y = -11
x2 + y2 = 17
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: A

109) (4, 6)
y= x+ 4
y = x - 11
A) Yes
B) No
Answer: B

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Solve the system.
110) x2 + y2 = 145
x + y = -17
A) {(-8, -9), (-9, -8)}
B) {(-8, 9), (-9, 8)}
C) {(8, -9), (9, -8)}
D) {(8, 9), (9, 8)}
Answer: A

111) x2 + y2 = 13
x-y=1
A) {(2, -3), (3, -2)}
B) {(-2, 3), (-3, 2)}
C) {(2, 3), (3, 2)}
D) {(-2, -3), (3, 2)}
Answer: D

112) y = x2 - 6x + 9
x + y = 15
A) {(-6, 21), (-1, 14)}
B) {(6, 9), (-1, 16)}
C) {(3, 12)}
D) {(6, 21), (-1, 16)}
Answer: B

113) xy = 6
x + y = -5
A) {(-2, -3), (-3, -2)}
B) {(2, 3), (3, 2)}
C) {(2, -3), (3, -2)}
D) {(-2, 3), (-3, 2)}
Answer: A

114) xy - x2 = -20
x - 2y = 3
11
A) (-5, -1), 8,
2
11
B) (5, 1), -8, -
2
11
C) (-5, -1), ,8
2
11
D) (5, 1), - , -8
2
Answer: B

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115) x2 - y2 = 39
x -y = 3
A) {(-8, -5)}
B) {(-8, 5)}
C) {(8, 5)}
D) {(8, -5)}
Answer: C

116) y = x + 5
x + 4y = 7
A) (31, -6)
B) (-1, 2), (31, -6)
C) (0, 5 )
D) (-1, 2)
Answer: D

117) y = x
2x - y = -9
A) (-3, 3), - 9, - 9
B) (-3, 3)
C) (-3, 3), - 9, 9
D) - 9, 9
Answer: B

118) x2 + y2 = 106
x2 - y2 = 56
A) {(9, 5), (-9, 5), (9, -5), (-9, -5)}
B) {(9, 5), (5, 9), (-9, -5), (-5, -9)}
C) {(-9, -5), (-5, -9)}
D) {(9, -5), (9, 5)}
Answer: A

119) 3x2 - 4y2 = -24

4x2 + 3y2 = 43
A) {(2, 3), (3, 2), (-2, -3), (-3, -2)}
B) {(2, -3), (2, 3)}
C) {(-2, -3), (-3, -2)}
D) {(2, 3), (-2, 3), (2, -3), (-2, -3)}
Answer: D

120) 2x2 + y2 = 17
3x2 - 2y2 = -6
A) {(1, 3), (-1, -3)}
B) {(1, 3), (1, -3), (-1, 3), (-1, -3)}
C) {(2, 3), (2, -3), (-2, 3), (-2, -3)}
D) {(2, -3), (-2, 3)}
Answer: C

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121) x2 + y2 = 36
x2 - y2 = 36
A) {(0, 6), (0, -6)}
B) {(6, 0), (-6, 0)}
C) {(6, 0)}
D) {(0, -6)}
Answer: B

122) x2 - 3y2 = 1
4x2 + 3y2 = 19
A) {(-1, 2), (1, -2)}
B) {(2, 1), (-2, -1)}
C) {(1, 2), (-1, 2), (1, -2), (-1, -2)}
D) {(2, 1), (2, -1), (-2, 1), (-2, -1)}
Answer: D

123) y = 8 x - 16
y = x2
A) (4, 16)
B) (-4, 16)
C) (0, -16), (-4, 16)
D) (4, 16), (-4, 16)
Answer: D

1 1 8
124) + =
x y 7
1 4 3
- =
x y 7
35
A) 0, -
3
35 5
B) ,
32 32
C) 1, 7
7
D) ,0
8

Answer: C

125) x2 + xy + y2 = 28
x+y=2
A) 6, -4
B) 5, -3 , -5, 7
C) 6, -4 , -4, 6
D) -4, 6
Answer: C

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126) x2 - xy + y2 = 3
2x2 + xy + 2y2 = 12
A) {(2, 0), (-2, 0), (1, 0), (-1, 0)}
B) {(1, 0), (-1, 0)}
C) {(2, 1), (1, 2)}
D) {(2, 1), (-2, -1), (1, 2), (-1, -2)}
Answer: D

127) 2x2 + xy + 2y2 = 2

3x2 - 5xy + 3y2 = 3
A) {(1, 0)}
B) {(1, 0), (0, 1)}
C) {(1, 0), (-1, 0), (0, 1), (0, -1)}
D) {(1, 0), (-1, 0)}
Answer: C

128) x2 + 3xy + y2 = 4
x2 - 3xy - y2 = 4
A) {(0, 2), (0, -2), (2, -6), (-2, 6)}
B) {(2, 0), (-2, 0)}
C) {(2, 0), (-2, 0), (2, -6), (-2, 6)}
D) {(2, -6), (-2, 6)}
Answer: C

129) x2 + 2xy + y2 = 9
x2 + 2xy - y2 = -9
A) {(0, 3), (0, -3), (6, 3), (-6, -3)}
B) {(0, 3), (0, -3), (6, 3), (6, -3)}
C) {(0, 3), (0, -3), (-6, 3), (-6, -3)}
D) {(0, 3), (0, -3), (-6, 3), (6, -3)}
Answer: D

130) x2 + 4xy + 2y2 = 1

x2 - 4xy - 2y2 = 1
A) {(1, 0), (-1, 0), (1, -2), (-1, 2)}
B) {(1, 0), (1, 1)}
C) {(1, -2), (-1, 2)}
D) {(1, 1), (-1, -1), (1, -2), (-1, 2)}
Answer: A

131) y = log4(-x)
y = log4(x + 8)
A) {(-4, 1)}
B) {(4, 2)}
C) {(-4, 2)}
D) {(-2, 1)}
Answer: A

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 132) y = 3 x
y = 6x
A) {(9, 3)}
B) {(6, 3)}
C) {(0, 1)}
D) {(3, 6)}
Answer: C

Solve the system by graphing on a calculator. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
133) y = log10(x + 7)

y = x3
A) {(-1.83, 1.64), (1.68, 2.16)}
B) {(-2.5, 1.49)}
C) {(2.07, 0.69)}
D) {(0.97, 0.90)}
Answer: D

134) y = 3-x
3
y=-
x
A) {(-1, 3)}
B) ∅
C) {(1, -3)}
D) {(1, 3)}
Answer: A

135) y = e2x+3
2x + y = 3
A) {(-0.75, 4.5)}
B) {(-0.75, -4.5)}
C) {(0.75, 4.5)}
D) {(0.75, -4.5)}
Answer: A

136) x2 + y2 = 13.85
x = 3y - 1
A) {(-3.41, -1.47), (3.62, 0.87)}
B) {(-11.26, -3.42), (11.06, 4.02)}
C) {(1.47, 3.42), (-0.87, -3.62)}
D) {(3.42, 1.47), (-3.62, -0.87)}
Answer: D

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137) x2 + y2 = 7
3
y= x+ 6
A) {(-2.13, -1.57), (1.76, -1.98)}
B) {(-2.13, 1.57), (1.76, 1.98)}
C) {(-2.29, -1.32), (2.29, 1.32)}
D) {(-1.76, -1.98), (2.13, -1.57)}
Answer: B

138) y = ln(3x - 2)
x2 + 3y2 = 7
A) {(0.77, 1.46), (-0.59, -1.49)}
B) {(1.73, -1.16), (0.74, 1.47)}
C) {(5.25, 2.62)}
D) {(0.74, -1.47), (1.73, 1.16)}
Answer: D

139) y = log10(x + 8)

y = x2
A) {(-0.92, -0.85), (0.98, -0.95)}
B) {(-0.92, 0.85), (0.98, 0.95)}
C) {(-1.38, 1.89), (1.50, 2.25)}
D) {(-1.38, -1.89), (1.50, -2.25)}
Answer: B

140) x2 - y2 = 7.82
x = 2y - 5
A) {(-2.97, 1.01), (6.31, 5.65)}
B) {(-6.31, 5.65), (2.97, 1.01)}
C) {(-6.31, -5.65), (2.97, -1.01)}
D) {(-2.97, -1.01), (6.31, -5.65)}
Answer: A

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141) y = 2x + 9

x2 + y2 = 5.7
A) {(-1.50, 1.86), (1.84, 1.52)}
B) {(-1.50, -1.86), (1.84, -1.52)}
C) {(-1.84, -1.52), (1.50, -1.86)}
D) {(-1.84, 1.52), (1.50, 1.86)}
Answer: D

142) y = ex+3
x2 - 4y2 = 11
A) {(-3.52, 0.59)}
B) {(2.75, -1.28)}
C) {(2.75, 1.28)}
D) {(1.04, -0.14), (3.52, -1.69)}
Answer: A

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Solve the problem.
143) x + 2y - z = 6
3x + 2y + z = 10
(x + 2y)2 - z 2 = 12
A) {(5, 0, -3)}
B) {(5, 0, -2)}
C) {(4, 0, -3)}
D) {(4, 0, -2)}
Answer: D

144) 3xy = z 2
x-y+z=3
x + y2 - 2z 2 = -72
2
A) {(3, 9, 9), (-3, -9, 9)}
B) {(3, 9, 9), (9, 3, 9)}
C) {(-3, -9, 9), (9, 3, 9)}
D) {(3, 9, 9), (-9, -3, 9)}
Answer: D

145) Find the dimensions of a rectangular enclosure with perimeter 40 yd and area 91 yd2 .
A) 13 yd by 7 yd
B) 15 yd by 6 yd
C) 14 yd by 6 yd
D) 16 yd by 7 yd
Answer: A

146) The sum of the squares of the digits of a positive two-digit number is 61, and the tens digit is 1 more than the
units digit. Find the number.
A) 56
B) 54
C) 45
D) 65
Answer: D

147) Find the dimensions of a rectangular enclosure with perimeter 34 ft and area 60 ft2.
A) 10 ft by 24 ft
B) 12 ft by 5 ft
C) 12 ft by 22 ft
D) 10 ft by 6 ft
Answer: B

148) The sum of the squares of the digits of a positive two-digit number is 20, and the tens digit is 2 more than the
units digit. Find the number.
A) 24
B) 42
C) 35
D) 53
Answer: B

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149) Find the dimensions of a rectangular garden with perimeter 62 yd and area 220 yd2 .
A) 10 yd by 22 yd
B) 20 yd by 11 yd
C) 10 yd by 11 yd
D) 20 yd by 22 yd
Answer: B

150) The sum of the squares of the digits of a positive two-digit number is 13, and the units digit is 1 more than the
tens digit. Find the number.
A) 23
B) 32
C) 34
D) 43
Answer: A

151) A rectangular plot has area 126 yd2 with a perimeter of 46 yd. What is the length of the longest side?
A) 12 yd
B) 13 yd
C) 16 yd
D) 14 yd
Answer: D

152) The sum of the squares of the digits of a positive two-digit number is 85, and the tens digit is 1 less than the
units digit. Find the number.
A) 65
B) 56
C) 76
D) 67
Answer: D

153) Find two complex numbers whose sum is 8 and whose product is 35.
19 19
A) 4 + i and 4 - i
2 2
B) 4 + 19i and 4 - 19i
C) 4 + i 19 and 4 - i 19
D) 19 + 4i and 19 - 4i
Answer: C

154) Find the length and width of a box whose volume is 34,125 ft3, whose surface area is 7550 ft2 , and whose
height is 15 ft.
A) 48 ft and 48 ft
B) 65 ft and 35 ft
C) 32.5 ft and 70 ft
D) 130 ft and 17.5 ft
Answer: B

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 155) Anne and Carol can paint a room in 13 hours working together. Anne takes 6 hours longer to paint the room
working alone than it takes Carol working alone. How long does it take Carol to paint the room by herself?
A) 16 + 178 hr
B) 29 hr
C) 23 hr
D) 10 + 178 hr
Answer: D

156) The population of one town is modeled by the function P(t) = 32e0.03t, and the population of a second town is
modeled by the function P(t) = 32 + 1.2t. In each case, t is the number of years from the present, and P(t) is given
in thousands of people. In how many years is the population of the first town predicted to be twice as large as
the population of the second town? (Round to the nearest tenth of a year.)
A) 63.8 years
B) 24.7 years
C) 61.7 years
D) 16.2 years
Answer: A

Perform the indicated operation and simplify.

7 8
157) +
r r-6
42r - 15
A)
r(r - 6)
15r - 42
B)
r(6 - r)
42r - 15
C)
r(6 - r)
15r - 42
D)
r(r - 6)
Answer: D

8 9
158) +
r r+3
-24r - 17
A)
r(r + 3)
17r + 24
B)
r(r + 3)
17r + 24
C)
r(-3 - r)
-24r - 17
D)
r(-3 - r)
Answer: B

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 m-2 + 5m + 7
159)
m 2 + 12m + 35 m 2 + 3m - 10
6m 2 + 38m + 53
A)
(m - 5)(m - 7)(m + 2)
6m 2 + 38m + 53
B)
(m + 5)(m + 7)(m - 2)
6m + 5
C)
2m2 + 15m + 25
D) 6m + 5
Answer: B

3 + 5
160)
y - 3y + 2 y2 - 1
2
8y - 7
A)
(y - 1)(y - 2)
30y - 7
B)
(y - 1)(y + 1)(y - 2)
8y - 7
C)
(y - 1)(y + 1)(y - 2)
7y - 8
D)
(y - 1)(y + 1)(y - 2)
Answer: C

8 + -2 + x-4
161)
4 - 5x 5x - 4 2
5x + 16x - 16
7x + 20
A)
(5x - 4)(x + 4)
-5x - 28
B)
(5x - 4)(x + 4)
C) None of these
-9x - 44
D)
(5x - 4)(x + 4)
Answer: D

2ab + -b + 4
162)
a - b2 a - b
2
4a + 5b
A)
a+b
2ab - b + 4
B)
a+b+1
(a - b)(4a + 5b)
C)
a 2 - b2
4a + 5b
D)
a 2 - b2
Answer: A

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 25x -1 4
163) + +
4(5x + 1) 4x(5x + 1) x
5(x + 3)
A)
20x2 + 4x
5(x + 3)
B)
4x
25x2 + 80x + 15
C)
20x2 + 4x
25x2 + 80x + 15
D)
4x
Answer: B

4x + 2 x3 + 3x + 3
164) +
x2 + 2 (x2 + 2)
2

5x3 + 2x2 + 11x + 7

A)
2
(x2 + 2)
5x3 + 2x2 + 11x + 3
B)
2
(x2 + 2)
x3 + 7x + 5
C)
2
(x2 + 2)
5x3 + 3x + 7
D)
2
(x2 + 2)
Answer: A

3x + 3 x3 - 2x2 + 3
165) +
x - x + 3 (x2 - x + 3)2
2

4x3 - 2x2 + 6x + 12
A)
2
(x2 - x + 3)
4x3 - 5x2 - 3x + 3
B)
2
(x2 - x + 3)
x3 - 2x2 + 3x + 6
C)
2
(x2 - x + 3)
4x3 - 5x2 + 6x + 3
D)
2
(x2 - x + 3)
Answer: A

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Find the unknowns on the right side of the partial fraction decomposition.
3x - 1 A B
166) = +
x(x + 1) x x + 1
A) A = -1, B = -4
B) A = 1, B = -4
C) A = 1, B = 4
D) A = -1, B = 4
Answer: D

2 A B
167) = +
x(x + 3) x x + 3
3 3
A) A = - ,B=
2 2
3 3
B) A = ,B=-
2 2
2 2
C) A = - ,B=
3 3
2 2
D) A = ,B=-
3 3
Answer: D

x+2 A B
168) = +
2
x -1 x + 1 x -1
1 3
A) A = - ,B=
2 2
1 3
B) A = ,B=
2 2
1 3
C) A = - ,B=-
2 2
1 3
D) A = ,B=-
2 2
Answer: A

-7 A B C
169) = + +
x(3x - 1)(x + 1) x 3x - 1 x + 1
63 7
A) A = -7, B = ,C=
4 4
63 7
B) A = 7, B = - ,C=-
4 4
63 7
C) A = -7, B = - ,C=-
4 4
63 7
D) A = 7, B = ,C=
4 4
Answer: B

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 3 A B
170) = +
2
x + 4x + 3 x + 3 x +1
3 3
A) A = ,B=-
2 2
3 3
B) A = - ,B=-
2 2
3 3
C) A = ,B=
2 2
3 3
D) A = - ,B=
2 2
Answer: D

x A B
171) = +
2x2 + 5x + 2 x + 2 2x + 1
1 2
A) A = - ,B=
3 3
2 1
B) A = ,B=-
3 3
2 1
C) A = - ,B=
3 3
1 2
D) A = ,B=-
3 3
Answer: B

5x - 9 A B
172) = +
2
x + 8x x x +8
9 49
A) A = ,B=
8 8
9 49
B) A = - ,B=-
8 8
9 49
C) A = - ,B=
8 8
9 49
D) A = ,B=-
8 8
Answer: C

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 5x - 2 A B C
173) = + +
3
x - 4x x x + 2 x -2
1 3
A) A = - , B = 1, C =
2 2
1 3
B) A = - ,B= ,C =1
2 2
1 3
C) A = , B = 1, C = -
2 2
1 3
D) A = ,B=- ,C =1
2 2
Answer: D

Decompose into partial fractions.

6x - 37
174)
(x + 2)(x - 5)
7 1
A) +
x+2 x-5
7 1
B) -
x+2 x-5
1 7
C) -
x-5 x+2
6 37
D) -
x+2 x-5
Answer: B

7x - 24
175)
2
x - 7x + 12
4 3
A) +
x-3 x-4
1 1
B) +
x-3 x-4
3 4
C) +
x-3 x-4
3 4
D) +
x+3 x+4
Answer: C

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 2
176)
16x2 - 9
1/3 -1/3
A) +
4x - 3 4x + 3
1 -1
B) +
4x - 3 4x + 3
1/3 -1/3
C) +
4x + 3 4x - 3
1/3 -1/3
D) +
4x - 3 (4x - 3)2

Answer: A

Find A, B, and C for the partial fraction decomposition.

2x A B C
177) = + +
(x - 1)3 x-1 (x - 1)2 (x - 1)3
A) A = 2, B = 0, C = 2
B) A = 0, B = 2, C = 2
C) A = 0, B = 2, C = 0
D) A = 2, B = 0, C = 0
Answer: B

2 A B C
178) = + +
2
x (x + 3) x x 2 x+3
2 2 2
A) A = ,B= ,C =-
9 3 9
2 2 2
B) A = - ,B=- ,C =
9 3 9
2 2 2
C) A = - ,B= ,C =
9 3 9
2 2 2
D) A = ,B=- ,C =-
9 3 9
Answer: C

x-1 A B C
179) = + +
(x + 2)(x - 3)2 x+2 x-3 (x - 3)2
3 3 2
A) A = ,B= ,C=
25 25 5
3 3 2
B) A = - ,B=- ,C=
25 25 5
3 3 2
C) A = - ,B= ,C=
25 25 5
3 3 2
D) A = ,B=- ,C=
25 25 5
Answer: C

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 2x + 1 A B C
180) = + +
(x + 2)3 x + 2 (x + 2)2 (x + 2)3
A) A = 0, B = 3, C = -2
B) A = 0, B = 2, C = -3
C) A = 0, B = -3, C = 2
D) A = 0, B = -2, C = 3
Answer: B

-2 A B C
181) = + +
2
x (x - 2) x x 2 x-2
1 1
A) A = - , B = 1, C =
2 2
1 1
B) A = - , B = -1, C =
2 2
1 1
C) A = , B = -1, C = -
2 2
1 1
D) A = , B = 1, C = -
2 2
Answer: D

2x A B C
182) = + +
(x + 1)(x + 2)2 x+1 x+2 (x + 2)2
A) A = -2, B = 2, C = 4
B) A = 2, B = -2, C = 0
C) A = 2, B = -2, C = 4
D) A = -2, B = 2, C = 0
Answer: A

x+2 A B C
183) = + +
(x - 1)2 (x + 5) x - 1 (x - 1)2 x + 5
1 1 1
A) A = ,B=- ,C =-
12 2 12
1 1 1
B) A = - ,B= ,C =
12 2 12
1 1 1
C) A = ,B= ,C =-
12 2 12
1 1 1
D) A = - ,B= ,C =-
12 2 12
Answer: C

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 4x2 - 7x - 18 A B C
184) = + +
2
x (x - 9) x x 2 x-9
A) A = 1, B = 2, C = 3
B) A = 3, B = 1, C = 2
3 1
C) A = , B = , C = 2
2 2
1 3
D) A = , B = 2, C =
2 2
Answer: A

Find the partial fraction decomposition.

7x2 - 17x + 16
185)
(x + 4)(x - 3)2
4 4
A) +
x+4 2
(x - 3)
4 3 4
B) + +
x+4 x-3 (x - 3)2
3 4 4
C) + +
x+4 x-3 (x - 3)2
4 -3 -4
D) + +
x+4 x-3 2
(x - 3)
Answer: B

19x + 109
186)
x3 + 8x2 + 5x - 50
3 -3 -2
A) + +
x+2 x-5 (x - 5)2
-3 3 -2
B) + +
x-2 x+5 (x + 5)2
3 -3 -2
C) + +
x-2 x+5 (x + 5)2
3 -2
D) +
x-2 2
(x + 5)
Answer: C

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 -2x2 + 7x + 24
187)
(x + 3)2 (3x + 4)
4 2 3
A) + -
3x + 4 (x + 3)2 x + 3
4 3 2
B) + +
3x + 4 (x + 3)2 x + 3
4 3 2
C) + -
3x + 4 (x + 3)2 x + 3
4 3 2
D) - -
3x + 4 (x + 3)2 x + 3

Answer: C

3x - 11
188)
(x - 2)2
3 5
A) +
x - 2 (x - 2)2
5 3
B) -
x - 2 (x - 2)2
3 5
C) -
x - 2 (x - 2)2
6 10
D) +
x - 2 (x - 2)2

Answer: C

Find the unknowns on the right side of the partial fraction decomposition.
x-1 = A + Bx + C
189)
x3 - x2 - 4x x x2 - x - 4
1 1 5
A) A = ,B=- ,C =
4 4 4
1 1 5
B) A = - ,B= ,C =
4 4 4
1 1 5
C) A = - ,B=- ,C =
4 4 4
1 1 5
D) A = ,B= ,C =-
4 4 4
Answer: A

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 x+3 A Bx + C
190) = +
x3 + 64 x + 4 x2 - 4x + 16
1 1 5
A) A = - ,B=- ,C=
48 48 6
1 1 5
B) A = ,B=- ,C=
48 48 6
1 1 5
C) A = ,B= ,C=-
48 48 6
1 1 5
D) A = - ,B= ,C=
48 48 6
Answer: D

191)
5 = A + Bx + C
2
x(x + 3) x x2 + 3
5 5
A) A = - ,B= ,C =0
6 6
5 5
B) A = - ,B= ,C =0
3 3
5 5
C) A = ,B=- ,C =0
6 6
5 5
D) A = ,B=- ,C =0
3 3
Answer: D

2x + 1 = A + Bx + C
192)
(x + 1)(x2 + 2) x + 1 x2 + 2
1 1 5
A) A = - ,B= ,C =
3 3 3
5 1 1
B) A = ,B=- ,C =
3 3 3
1 1 5
C) A = ,B=- ,C =
3 3 3
5 1 1
D) A = ,B= ,C =-
3 3 3
Answer: A

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 3x - 2 = A + Bx + C
193)
(x + 4)(3x2 + 1) x + 4 3x2 + 1
2 6 3
A) A = ,B= ,C =-
7 7 7
2 6 3
B) A = - ,B=- ,C =
7 7 7
2 6 3
C) A = ,B=- ,C =
7 7 7
2 6 3
D) A = - ,B= ,C =-
7 7 7
Answer: D

3x2 + 3 A Bx + C
194) = +
2
x(5x + 3) x 5x2 + 3
A) A = 1, B = 0, C = -2
B) A = -2, B = 1, C = 0
C) A = -2, B = 0, C = 1
D) A = 1, B = -2, C = 0
Answer: D

Decompose into partial fractions.

-3x2 - 5x - 35
195)
(x - 3)(x2 + 2)
7x + 4 7
A) -
2
x +2 x -3
4x + 7 7
B) +
2
x +2 x -3
4x + 8 7
C) -
2
x +2 x -3
4x + 7 7
D) -
2
x +2 x -3

Answer: D

5x2 - 39x + 14
196)
(x2 + 2x - 7)(x - 5)
7x 2
A) +
x2 + 2x - 7 x-5
7x 2
B) -
x2 + 2x - 7 x-5
7x 2
C) -
x - 5 x2 + 2x - 7
2x 7
D) -
2
x + 2x - 7 x -5

Answer: B

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almost continually, and completely covers the few paths that are
passable in summer.
The soldiers, encouraged by their general, who had no idea of the
dangers of the passage, arrived at the tops of the mountains, but
could go no farther. One hundred and fifty Spaniards, and ten
thousand Peruvians, there died by cold and hunger.
The whole army would have perished, had not Almagro resolutely
pushed forward with a few horsemen and reached the plains of
Copiapo, and then sent back provisions to the exhausted and dying
soldiers. Those of the more robust constitutions were, by this means,
saved.
The inhabitants of Copiapo, which is the first province in Chili,
received these worn and hungry strangers with all the rites of friendly
hospitality. The Peruvians had been long held in respect by the
Chilians of that province; and the Spaniards, as incorporated with the
soldiers of Peru, were welcomed by the Ulmen or governor of
Copiapo.
He was probably a vain man, and wished to impress the
Spaniards with a high idea of his wealth and power: we cannot
otherwise account for the infatuation of his conduct. Had he been a
wise man, he would have known that avarice is never satisfied—that
to feed is only to increase it.
Be that as it may, he had, it seems, learned the prevailing passion
of the Spaniards for gold, and he collected from his people a sum
equal to 500,000 ducats, and presented them to Almagro. One
would think such a rich present deserved to be gratefully
remembered.
But those who worship mammon allow no feelings of friendship or
gratitude to interfere with their selfish propensities. Under the pretext
that the Ulmen had usurped the government which belonged to his
nephew, Almagro arrested the chief of Copiapo, and kept him a
prisoner.
About the same time two Spanish soldiers, having separated from
the rest of the army, proceeded to Guasco, where they were at first
well received, but were afterwards put to death by the inhabitants, in
consequence, no doubt, of some acts of violence, which soldiers,
freed from the control of their officers, are very apt to commit.
This was the first European blood spilt in Chili,—a country
afterwards so copiously sprinkled with it.
Had Almagro wished to preserve peace, and impartially examined
the whole transaction, he would, undoubtedly, have found the
Chilians justified by the laws of nations and of nature, in the act they
had committed. True, it was rash, and it afforded him a pretext,
which was all he wanted, to begin his cruel oppressions.
Almagro seized the Ulmen of the district in which his soldiers
were put to death, his brother and twenty of the principal inhabitants,
and without even accusing them of being concerned in the murder,
indeed without assigning any reason at all for his conduct, he
ordered them to be burnt. At the same time he also consigned the
Ulmen of Copiapo to the flames.
Who will say that the savage crime, even allowing the two soldiers
were murdered without provocation, was to be compared in iniquity
to that retaliation in which the civilized Christian indulged? But the
savage never made gold his god.
The cruelty of the Spanish general, and the intentions he now
manifested of enslaving the Chilians, instead of terrifying, at once
roused that brave people to resistance.
It is a melancholy task to record the murders and cruelties of war,
but we cannot blame a people for resisting the progress of an
invading army, especially when they come, as the Spaniards did, to
plunder the country, and make the inhabitants slaves.
Almagro, however, was so elated with his success, and felt so
secure of conquering all Chili as easily as he had obtained the
command of Copiapo, that he would not hearken at all to his
Peruvian allies, who represented to him that the Chilians in the other
provinces were numerous and warlike. He advanced into the
province of the Promancians.
 At the first sight of the Spaniards, their horses, and the thundering
arms of Europe, these valiant people were almost petrified with
astonishment. But they soon recovered from their surprise, and
prepared to defend themselves. They met the Spaniards on the
shore of the Rio Claro. Almagro despised their force; he knew that
the red men had never been a match for Spanish valor, and so he
placed his Peruvian auxiliaries in front, intending, with his Spaniards,
to appear merely as spectators of the fight.
The Chilians soon routed these allies, or rather slaves of the
Spaniards, and then, nothing daunted by the horses, guns and
swords of the white men, they rushed on with a courage which the
superior discipline of the Spaniards could not resist. The battle was
furious, and continued till night separated the combatants.
The Promancians had lost many warriors, but they had also
destroyed many of their foes; and they encamped in sight of the
enemy, determined to renew the fight on the following morning. The
Spaniards, however, though they had kept the field, had no
inclination to dispute another such day. They had been accustomed
to subdue immense provinces with little or no resistance; but now
they had met with a bold and independent nation, who did not
believe them to be invincible or immortal.
Almagro, finding that his soldiers refused to fight again,
abandoned the enterprize, and immediately began his march for
Peru. He returned by the sea-coast; his dread of the perils of the
mountain road being fresh in his mind. On his return to Peru he
attempted to secure that government for himself, and for this
purpose fought a battle with Pizarro, by whom he was taken, tried
and beheaded as a disturber of the public peace.
Thus perished the first invader of Chili. The thirst of riches was
the moving spring of his expedition. He was disappointed; he then
sought to dispossess his friend Pizarro of the share he had obtained
in the New World, and by him was put to death; thus showing that
there can be no sincere friendships among the wicked.
THE RHINOCEROS.
 The Rhinoceros.

I know not how it may be with others, but I could never see a
rhinoceros without laughing. There was one in Boston a few years
ago, and he looked to me like an enormous pig with a very muddy
coat on. His shape, his aspect, his ways, were all swinish, and his
skin seemed entirely too large for him; it was therefore gathered up
in folds across his back and sides. He eat hay, though he seemed to
prefer sweet apples, corn and potatoes. He was a curiosity indeed.
I believe the rhinoceros to be the only creature that has a horn
upon his nose; and I do not see why that is not a good place for one,
if the creature wants a horn. This animal finds his convenient for
tearing away the trees in his passage through the woods, and
perhaps in digging up roots for food; and in his battles with the
elephant, he often gives his enemy a terrible scratch with it under the
ribs. So his horn answers at one time as a pickaxe, and at another it
is like a warrior’s spear: thus it serves the purposes of peace and
war; it brings sustenance, and it affords defence. Who then shall find
fault with nature for giving the rhinoceros a horn upon the nose?
If one horn upon the nose is a good thing, two must be better; so
there are some of these creatures that have two. The African
species, which is very powerful and numerous in some parts, has
two horns; the Asiatic species, found in India, has but one. This latter
kind is seldom more than six or seven feet long, but those of Africa
are sometimes twelve feet. They are, therefore, excepting the
elephant, the largest of quadrupeds.
In India the hunting of the rhinoceros is famous sport. The people
go out mounted upon elephants, and usually find five or six of these
animals in a drove. Their hides are so thick that it is difficult to kill
them. One will often receive twenty bullets before he falls. The
rhinoceros attacks an elephant fearlessly, and endeavors to get his
horn under him so as to rip him open. But the elephant, finding what
he would be at, turns his tail to the assailant, who gives him a hunch
behind, and tumbles his huge enemy upon his knees. Then the men
upon the elephant fire their guns and pepper the thick hide of the
rhinoceros with their bullets.
Thus goes the fight, and after many adventures, and much
danger, and plenty of accidents and hair breadth ’scapes, and a vast
waste of gunpowder and lead, the game usually runs away, or
perhaps it is left as a trophy of the sportsman’s skill and prowess
upon the field.
The rhinoceros feeds entirely upon vegetables, always living near
water, and taking a frequent wallow in the mud, or a bath in the
wave. He is fearful of man, and though dull of sight, has an acute
scent and a sharp ear, which enable him usually to keep out of reach
of the being he dreads so much. It is only when hunted and closely
pursued, that he turns to fight, and then he is fierce and formidable.
In confinement he becomes quiet and stupid, though he sometimes
gets into a fury, and then he rends his cage in pieces with ease. It is
almost impossible to confine him when his rage is excited.
 Briers and Berries.
’Twas on a gloomy, smoky day,
(If rightly I the date remember,
For certainly I cannot say,)
About the middle of September,
When I, astride my pacing grey,
Was plodding on my weary way,
To spend the night and preach the word
To people who had never heard
The gospel; or, to say the least,
Had never viewed it as a feast
Of fat things full of marrow.

In sadness as I rode along

And crossed the silver Unadilla,
The robin sung his plaintive song,
And faintly drooped the fading lily:
The smoky sky, no longer blue,
Assumed a dim and dusky grey;
And Autumn, o’er my feelings threw
The coloring of its own decay,
And filled my heart with sorrow.

I, in my mind, was pondering o’er

The miseries that beset the preacher:
The persecutions which he bore—
(The scoff and scorn of every creature—)
His heated brain—his frame worn down,
Emaciated and dyspeptic—
The hardened bigot’s iron frown—
The jeers and satire of the skeptic—
One mocking revelation’s page—
The other ridiculing reason—
And then the storms we must engage,
And all th’ inclemencies of season.

In this desponding, gloomy mood,

I rode perhaps a mile or two—
When lo! beside the way there stood
A little girl, with eyes of blue,
Light hair, and cheeks as red as cherries;
And through the briers, with much ado,
She wrought her way to pick the berries.

Quoth I, “My little girl, it seems

To me, you buy your berries dear;
For down your hand the red blood streams,
And down your cheek there rolls a tear.”
“O, yes,” said she, “but then, you know,
There will be briers where berries grow.”

These words came home with keen rebuke

To me, who mourned life’s little jostles,
And called to mind the things that Luke
Has written of the first apostles,
Who faced the foe without a fear,
And counted even life not dear.

And since, from that good hour to this,

Come pleasant or come stormy weather,
I still reflect that human bliss
And human wo are mixed together:
Come smiling friend or frowning foe—
‘There will be briers where berries grow.’
Browne.
 The Crows’ Court of Law.

There is a kind of crow which is seen in the south of England in

flocks about the middle of autumn; it is called the hooded crow.
These crows go away towards the north in spring; they are very
tame, and will go into the yards of houses to pick up food.
They are not very like the common crows, for their backs are ash-
colored, and their heads, throat, wings and tail, are black, and they
have two cries; one of them being like the voice of the common crow,
and the other something like the crowing of a cock.
It is said that in some places where these birds are found, one or
two hundred of them will now and then meet together, as if upon
some fixed plan, and at these times a few of them sit with drooping
heads, and others look very grave, as if they were judges, and
others are very bustling and noisy.
In about an hour the meeting breaks up, when one or two are
generally found dead, and it has been supposed that this meeting is
a sort of trial of some crows who have behaved ill, and who are
punished in this severe way for their bad behavior.
 The Story of the Supposed Miser.

A great many miles to the east is a country called France, in the

southern part of which is a large city called Marseilles. In this place
there once lived a man by the name of Guizot. He was always busy,
and seemed very anxious to get money, either by his industry, or in
some other way.
He was poorly clad, and his food was of the simplest and
cheapest kind. He lived alone, and denied himself all the luxuries
and many of the comforts of life.
He was honest and faithful, never taking that which was not his
own, and always performing his promises; yet the people of
Marseilles thought he was a miser, and they held him in great
contempt. As he passed along the streets, the rich men looked on
him with scorn, and the poor hissed and hooted at him. Even the
boys would cry out, “There goes old Skinflint; there goes old Greedy
Gizzard.”
But the old man bore all this insult with gentleness and patience.
Day by day, he went to his labor, and day by day, as he passed
through the crowd, he was saluted with taunts, and sneers, and
reproaches.
Thus, time passed on, and poor Guizot was now more than eighty
years of age. But he still continued the same persevering industry,
still lived in the same saving, simple manner as before.
Though he was now bent almost double, and though his hair was
thin and white as snow; though his knees tottered as he went along
the streets; still the rude jokes and hisses of the throng pursued him
wherever he went.
But, at length, the old man died, and it was ascertained that he
had heaped together, in gold and silver, a sum equal to two hundred
thousand dollars. On looking over his papers, his will was found, in
which were the following words:
 “I was once poor, and I observed that the poor people of
Marseilles suffered very much for the want of pure, fresh
water. I have devoted my life to the saving of a sum of money
sufficient to build an aqueduct to supply the city of Marseilles
with pure water, so that the poor may have a full supply.”
 The Mouth.

The mouth was made to eat and speak with. It is therefore a

pretty convenient and useful thing, and we could not well do without
it.
But the mouth, like almost everything else, needs to be taken care
of. Sometimes the mouth will pout, and make a child look very
disagreeable.
Sometimes the mouth will eat very fast, and get too much in at a
time. Don’t let your mouth do any such things as these!
I forgot to tell you another very curious thing about the mouth, and
that is, that it laughs! I believe dogs, and cats, and pigs, and hens,
and geese, never laugh; but children laugh, and old people too,
sometimes.
It is well enough to laugh, at proper times. I love to see children
laugh in their play. I love to see them laugh when I tell a funny story.
But I never like to see any one laugh at the misfortune of another.
Tell me, little reader, did your mouth ever laugh at another child
because he was poor? or because he was poorly dressed? or
because he fell down and hurt himself? or because he happened to
know less than you do?
If your mouth has ever done any of these naughty things, I pray
you, little reader, teach your mouth better manners.
 Peter Pilgrim’s Account of his Schoolmates.
No. 3.

One of my schoolmates, named Dick Dashall, was a wild rattle-

headed fellow, always sure to get into mischief, but slow enough to
get out of the quagmire. His parents and brothers were poor farming
people, who had hard work to make both ends meet, and could ill
afford even the very trifling cost attending Dick’s education. Dick had
been intended for the hard-working profession of a farmer, but that
honest calling did not at all jump with his restless humor. He never
could see the fun and philosophy of rising with the dawn, and “yoking
up” to follow the plough through the field, or the iron harrow over the
furrows. He did not like the tedious work of planting corn and
potatoes, and still less the more laborious employ of “covering up” or
“hilling up,” or getting in the crops; nor did he relish any of the
various details of hay-making and harvesting. He had no objection,
however, to the merry husking frolic, for then, in the general sport
and confusion, he managed to avoid work himself, while he listened
with both his big ears to the diverting tales that were often on such
occasions related by those present. He disliked as much the tedious
employment of riding the old cart-horse in the plough, as he
delighted in scampering away on his bare back all over the country
side, when he could contrive to get possession of the poor beast.
And when he did accomplish that desired object, never was the dull
animal so worked by his owners; for away the madcap would ride,
without saddle, bridle, spur or stirrup, guiding him only with an old
rope, and urging him on with a big bludgeon of a stick, with which he
failed not well to belabor the ribs of his steed, till they fairly bled and
ached again. At length, one of his runaway frolics terminated fatally
to the poor brute, whom he attempted to swim across a rapid and
deep river near the village, in which essay the horse was drowned,
and Dick only escaped by skilful swimming, which was almost the
only valuable accomplishment that he possessed.
 Dick seemed to be filled with the very evil spirit of all mischief.
The book and task were perfectly odious to him, and if left to follow
his own inclination, he never would have learned either to read or
write; indeed, as it was, his best attempts with the pen looked more
like pot-hooks and fish-hooks than good civilized letters. No mortal
could have deciphered them. And then his copybook was one blotch
of ink from beginning to end. His arithmetic and grammar books,
though showing, by their numerous thumb-marks and “dog’s-ears,”
that they had been pretty thoroughly handled by his seldom-washed
fingers, were about as intelligible to him as so many volumes of
Greek or Arabic; the deep lore contained in their pages was much
too profound for his understanding, and never did any ideas from
them penetrate the thickness and dulness of his brain; or, if they ever
by any chance found an entrance there, they must have laid in a
torpid state, for no one could ever discover that such scraps of
knowledge existed in his head, through the outlet of the tongue and
voice.
But though Dick could not inscribe legible characters with his pen,
yet he had a sort of natural talent for drawing rude sketches with
pencil, pen, or even a bit of charcoal; and most ridiculous and
striking caricatures would he produce with them. The droll
expression and awkward figure of the old pedagogue himself
furnished him with a fertile subject for his wit, and various and
laughable were the burlesque representations he gave of him. Every
scrap of paper that he could lay hands on, every piece of broken
slate, and even the very walls of the school-house and the board
fences in the neighborhood, were covered with all sorts of strange
figures, hit off, too, with no little talent and humor. This love for
sketching and caricaturing seemed to be the peculiar bent of his
genius, and it proved to him and his mates a source of great
amusement.
When the term of his instruction had well-nigh expired, and it
became necessary for him to decide to what species of employment
he should devote his talents and attention, it happened that an
itinerant portrait-painter strolled into the village, and, taking the best
room of the inn, announced, through a staring painted placard at the
window, that he was ready to paint, for a small consideration, the
portraits of the good people of the place, in a most artist-like and
expeditious manner. Nor was he long without his patrons. First the
squire, and then the parson and his lady, and the doctor with his
lady, and a half-score of children, and then many of the most
substantial farmers and tradesmen of the vicinity, were seen to enter
at the inn-door, and in a few days return to their several homes, each
one bearing in his hands a large highly-colored piece of canvass, in
which one might perhaps detect some remote likeness to the bearer
or some of his family. Finally, the worthy innkeeper himself, with his
rosy-faced dame, and some half-dozen overgrown daughters,
figured in full-length beauty, in one mingled group, upon the artist’s
canvass; and presently a span-new sign-board of “the white horse”
was seen creaking and swinging in all the freshness of new paint
from the tall sign-post at the tavern door. This flaming specimen of
the fine arts proved a great object of admiration and remark with all
the grown gossips and little children of the village, till at length, the
“nine days” having elapsed, the wonder ceased.
Dick very soon made the acquaintance, and gained the good will
of the artist, first by running on all his errands, in his communication
with his patrons, and afterwards by his unfeigned expressions of
admiration at the inspection of the “artist’s gallery,” which comprised
a few dauby copies of the old masters, and a number of unpaid and
unclaimed portraits from the artist’s own easel. Before the worthy
artist took leave of the village, Dick had so far ingratiated himself into
his favor, that he agreed to take him with him, and impart to him all
the knowledge of his art that he was able to give, receiving in return
due assistance from Dick, as a sort of artist-of-all-work, which phrase
might be understood to comprise any and all kinds of menial
occupation. But Dick was deeply smitten with the love of painting,
and eagerly caught at this golden opportunity of ridding himself from
the irksome drudgery of book and task, and learn to be a painter of
faces himself, while at the same time he should have some
opportunity of seeing in his rambles not a little of the men and
manners of the world.
 Poor little Dick! when he set forth “to fresh fields and pastures
new,” with an adventurous desire to try his fortunes in the world, he
little anticipated the troubles and perplexities that would beset his
way. The honest artist to whom he had attached himself was neither
a Raphael nor a Vandyke, and the share of patronage he met with in
the humble places where he set up his easel, was very limited in
degree, and unprofitable to the pocket. In some villages which they
visited in their rounds, they found that rival artists had reaped such
scanty harvests as the poverty of the villages afforded; and in other
places they found, to their sorrow, that the flinty inhabitants were no
upholders of art, and felt no ambition to hand down the “counterfeit
presentment” of their features to posterity. So, as there was only
starvation to be had, there was nothing to be done but to pack up
their slender wardrobe, with the paints and pencils, and migrate to a
more enlightened region. The poor artist was, however, both kind
and liberal, so far as his means went, to his little charge, and when
he received his hard-earned dollar, as the recompense of many a
patient hour of toil, he freely shared it with him; and so long as the
treasure lasted, they did not lack for the best of good fare, at village
tavern or rural farmhouse. Oftentimes it chanced that their treasury
was entirely exhausted, and neither paper or specie payments were
forthcoming to defray the needful expenses of the way. At such
times, the cost of coach-ride, or even wagon conveyance, being
beyond their reach, their only resource was, to convey their bodies
from place to place upon those natural supports which Nature has
kindly supplied us with, but which often complain of an undue
proportion of fatigue after a long day’s progress in a hot summer’s
day. But poor Dick ever made the best of it, and shouldering his little
bundle, stumped on stoutly at the side of his master, often beguiling
the toil and length of the travel with a merry heart, and a cheerful
singing voice. The natural beauties of the scenes through which they
passed were not lost upon them, nor did the wild rose at the road-
side blush unseen of them, or the sweet lily of the valley waste its
fragrant breath in vain. They each had the artist’s eye and soul to
enjoy the loveliness of the bending and painted skies, the waving
woods, the verdant grass, and the flowing stream.
“Even the air they breathed, the light they saw,
 Became religion; for the ethereal spirit
That to soft music wakes the chords of feeling,
And mellows everything to beauty, moved
With cheering energy within their breasts,
And made all holy there—for all was love.
The morning stars, that sweetly sang together,
The moon, that hung at night in the mid-sky,
Day-spring and eventide, and all the fair
And beautiful forms of nature, had a voice
Of eloquent worship.”
Every pretty flower that bloomed in the hedge, or at the wood-
borders, Dick would diligently gather, and carefully preserve in a little
book, which he carried with him for that purpose. Many a colored
butterfly with its wings of powdered gold, and many a nameless
insect, streaked or spotted with all the rich hues of the rainbow,
would he hunt down and add to his collection. His great delight at the
close of the ramble consisted in copying, with his paints, the rich
colors of these beautiful objects; and soon he had formed quite a
portable museum of pretty prints, flowers and insects; and in this
recreation he received no little aid from his kind-hearted teacher. He
soon became a proficient in the art of mingling colors, and by a
zealous application to the details of art, in a short time was able to
sketch a scene or strike off a likeness with considerable faithfulness
and ability. So great was his love of the art, that he really derived
much pleasure from his rambles, long and difficult as they often
were. In the course of a few months’ practice, he had learned all that
his teacher had to communicate; and it was often asserted by their
rustic patrons that the little painter was in no respect inferior to his
principal with the brush. Indeed, so conscious were they themselves
of this fact, that an equal partnership was formed between them, and
whatever sums fell into their exchequer, were shared equally
between them.
But, alas! there is an end to all human enjoyment, and a
severance of all earthly ties. The poor artist, what with the fatigues of
journeying, often at inclement seasons, and with the wearing labors
of his long and tedious tasks, had gradually undermined a
constitution naturally infirm; and his poor little protegè, as he gazed
sorrowfully upon his wan face and wasted form, saw plainly that the
one was getting paler, and the other thinner and thinner, every day;
and soon was impressed with the certainty that they must soon part
from each other, and that that parting would be at the grave’s foot.
And so indeed it turned out, when a year or two had elapsed from
the commencement of their connection. The elder artist, after
struggling on with all his resolution, and unwilling to yield to the
insidious advances of disease, was at length completely exhausted
and subdued. He sank down on the way at the door of a little village
public house, where he was obliged to take to his bed, and receive
the aids and doses of the doctors, in the feeble hope of a restoration
to health. But in vain; his poor frame, already so much reduced, grew
feebler and feebler day by day, and his sunken cheek grew still more
hollow, and the little light that sickness had lent to his eye trembled
and flickered, and then expired altogether; and finally the poor fellow,
after taking an affectionate and mournful farewell of Dick, and
bequeathing to him all the little possessions that he called his own,
resigned himself patiently to his fate, and without pain or struggle
“passed away.” Dick, after following his remains to the humble
church-yard, and pouring out his soul in the truest sorrow over his
dust, departed sad and solitary on his way. He assumed his poor
master’s easel and other implements, and followed “the painter’s
quiet trade” on his own account. He met with but indifferent success,
however; he painted the rough faces of country squires, and the
hard-favored features of their spouses, without number, but the
recompense he received therefor scarcely served to find him in
“meat and manger.” After struggling with adversity for many a weary
year, and encountering every species of trial and disappointment
with the firmness of a martyr, he at length, in very despair, was
obliged to relinquish his beloved profession, and settle down quietly
in a flourishing town, where the products of his brush could be turned
to better account. He was forced to abandon entirely the higher
walks of art, and stoop to a humbler, but more profitable branch of
trade; devoting himself, in short, to the daubing of chairs, tables, and
vehicles of every description, and embellishing them with as many of
the “scientific touches” of his former calling as the time and pay