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 High School Graduate, Some College, 20. Function
College Graduate} Domain: {–2, –1, 3, 4}
Range: {$18,120, $23,251, $36,055, $45,810, Range: {3, 5, 7, 12}
$67,165}
21. Function
19. Not a function Domain: {1, 2, 3, 4}
Range: {3}
−2 0 5 7
g 22. Function
5 7 Domain: {0, 1, 2, 3}
−2 0
Range: {–2, 3, 7}
f+g
−2 0 5 7 23. Not a function

8. ≠ ; f ( x ) ; g ( x ) 24. Not a function

9. g ( x ) − f ( x ) , or ( g − f )( x ) 25. Function
Domain: {–2, –1, 0, 1}
Range: {0, 1, 4}
10. False; every function is a relation, but not every
relation is a function. For example, the relation 26. Function
x 2 + y 2 = 1 is not a function. Domain: {–2, –1, 0, 1}
Range: {3, 4, 16}
11. True

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27. Graph y = x 2 . The graph passes the vertical line 34. x + y 2 = 1

test. Thus, the equation represents a function. Solve for y : y = ± 1 − x

For x = 0, y = ±1 . Thus, (0, 1) and (0, –1) are

on the graph. This is not a function, since a
distinct x corresponds to two different y 's.
35. Graph y = 2x 2 − 3x + 4 . The graph passes the

28. Graph y = x3 . The graph passes the vertical line vertical line test. Thus, the equation represents a

test. Thus, the equation represents a function. function.

1 3x −1
29. Graph y = . The graph passes the vertical line 36. Graph y = . The graph passes the vertical
x x+2

test. Thus, the equation represents a function. line test. Thus, the equation represents a
function.

30. Graph y = x . The graph passes the vertical line

test. Thus, the equation represents a function.
37. 2x 2 + 3y 2 = 1
Solve for y: 2x 2 + 3y 2 = 1
3y 2 = 1 − 2x 2
2
1 −2 x
y2 =
3
31. y 2 = 4 − x 2 1 − 2x 2
y=±

Solve for y : y = ± 4 − x 2 3

For x = 0, y = ±2 . Thus, (0, 2) and (0, –2) are 1 ⎛ 1⎞

For x = 0, y = ± . Thus, 0, and

⎜ ⎟
on the graph. This is not a function, since a 3 ⎝ 3⎠
distinct x corresponds to two different y 's.

⎛ 0, −

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1⎞ are on the graph. This is not a

⎜ ⎟
32. y = ± 1− 2x ⎝ 3⎠

For x = 0, y = ±1 . Thus, (0, 1) and (0, –1) are function, since a distinct x corresponds to two
on the graph. This is not a function, since a different y 's.
distinct x corresponds to two different y 's.

33. x = y 2
Solve for y : y = ± x

For x = 1, y = ±1 . Thus, (1, 1) and (1, –1) are on

the graph. This is not a function, since a distinct
x corresponds to two different y 's.

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38. x 2 − 4 y 2 = 1 e.
⎣ (
− f ( x ) = − ⎡ − 2x 2 + x −1 ⎤ = 2x 2 − x +1
⎦ )
Solve for y: x − 4 y = 12 2
2

f. f ( x +1) = − 2 ( x +1) + ( x +1) −1

4 y 2 = x 2 −1

y = 2
2
x −1 (
= − 2 x 2 + 2x +1 + x +1−1 )
4 = − 2x 2 − 4x − 2 + x
± x 2 −1 = − 2x 2 − 3x − 2
y=
f ( 2x ) = − 2 ( 2x ) + ( 2x ) −1 = −8x 2 + 2x −1
2 2
g.

For x = 2, y = ± . Thus, ⎛ 2, ⎞ and

1 1

⎜ ⎟
2 2 2
⎝ ⎠ h. f ( x + h ) = − 2(x + h) + ( x + h ) −1

⎛
2, −
1⎞
are on the graph. This is not a (
= − 2 x 2 + 2xh + h 2 + x + h −1 )
⎜ ⎟
2

⎝ ⎠
function, since a distinct x corresponds to two = − 2x 2 − 4xh − 2h 2 + x + h −1
different y 's.
x
f ( x ) = 3x 2 + 2x − 4 41. f ( x) =
39. x 2 +1

f (0) = 3( 0) + 2 ( 0) − 4 = − 4 0 0
2
a. a. f ( 0) = = =0

0 2 +1 1
f (1) = 3 (1) + 2 (1) − 4 = 3 + 2 − 4 = 1
2
b.

1 1
b. f (1) = =
c. f ( −1) = 3 ( −1) + 2 ( −1) − 4 = 3 − 2 − 4 = −3
2 12 +1 2

−1 −1 1
d. f ( −x ) = 3 ( −x ) + 2 ( −x ) − 4 = 3x 2 − 2x − 4
2 c. f ( −1) = = =−

( −1)2 +1 1 +1 2
e. (
− f ( x ) = − 3x 2 + 2x − 4 = −3x 2 − 2x + 4)
−x −x
d. f ( −x ) = =

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f. f ( x +1) = 3 ( x + 1) + 2 ( x +1) − 4
2 ( −x )2 +1 x 2 +1

(
= 3 x 2 + 2x +1 + 2x + 2 − 4 ) e. − f ( x) = −
⎛ x ⎞
=
−x

⎜ ⎟
x 2 +1 x 2 +1
= 3x + 6x + 3 + 2x + 2 − 4
2

x +1
= 3x 2 + 8x +1 f. f ( x +1) =
( x +1)
2
+1
f ( 2x ) = 3 ( 2x ) + 2 ( 2x ) − 4 = 12x 2 + 4x − 4
2
g.

x +1
=
f ( x + h) = 3( x + h) + 2 ( x + h) − 4
2
h. x 2 + 2x +1 +1
( )
= 3 x 2 + 2xh + h 2 + 2x + 2h − 4 =
x +1
x 2 + 2x + 2
= 3x 2 + 6xh + 3h 2 + 2x + 2h − 4
2x 2x
g. f ( 2x ) = =
2 2
40. f ( x ) = − 2x 2 + x −1 ( 2x ) +1 4x +1

x +h x +h
a. f ( 0 ) = − 2 ( 0 ) + 0 −1 = −1
2
h. f ( x + h) = =

( x + h )2 +1 x 2 + 2xh + h 2 +1
f (1) = − 2 (1) +1−1 = − 2
2
b.
x 2 −1
42. f ( x) =
f ( −1) = − 2 ( −1) + ( −1) −1 = − 4
2
c. x+4

d. f ( −x ) = − 2 ( −x ) + ( −x ) −1 = − 2x 2 − x −1
2 0 2 −1 −1 1

a. f ( 0) = = =−
0+4 4 4

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b. f (1) =
2
1 −1
=
0
=0
e. − f ( x) = − ( )
x 2 + x = − x2 + x
1+ 4 5

f ( x +1) = ( x +1) + ( x +1)

2
(= −1)= f.
2
−1
0
= x 2 + 2x +1+ x +1
c. f ( −1) = = =0
−1+ 4 3

2
−x −1 2
− 2

( ) x 1 = x + 3x + 2
d. f ( −x ) = =

−x + 4 −x + 4
g. f ( 2x ) = ( 2x )2 + 2x = 4x 2 + 2x
⎛ x −1 ⎞
2
1− x 2

e. − f ( x) = − ⎜ ⎟ = x+4
x + 4 h. f ( x + h) = ( x + h )2 + ( x + h )
⎝ ⎠

(x +1)=2 −1 x 2 +2 x +1 −1 = x 2 + 2xh + h 2 + x + h
f. f ( x +1) = =

( x +1) + 4 x+5
2 x +1
x 2 +2 x 45. f ( x) =
= 3x − 5
x+5 2 ( 0 ) +1 0 +1 1

2x
2
−1 4 x 2 −1 a. f ( 0) = = =−
3 0 −5 0−5 5
( ) ( )
g. f ( 2x ) = =
2x + 4 2x + 4
2 (1) +1 2 +1 3 3
( x +h ) 2 −1 x 2 +=2xh +h 2 −1 b. f (1) = = = =−
h. f ( x + h) = = x+h+4 3 (1) − 5 3−5 −2 2
( x + h) + 4
2 ( −1)+1 −2 +1 −1 1
c. f ( −1) = = = =
43. f ( x) = x + 4 3 ( −1) − 5 −3 − 5 −8 8

f (0) = 0 + 4 = 0 + 4 = 4 2 ( −x )+1 −2 x +1 2 x −1
a. d. f ( −x ) = = =

3 (⎝−x ) − 5⎠ −3x − 5 3x + 5
b. f (1) = 1 + 4 = 1 + 4 = 5

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⎛ 2 x +1 ⎞ −2 x −1
c. f ( −1) = −1 + 4 = 1+ 4 = 5 e. − f ( x) = − =

⎜ 3x − 5 ⎟ 3x − 5
d. f ( −x ) = − x + 4 = x + 4

2 (x +1)+1 2 x +2 +1 2 x +3
f. f ( x +1) = = =
e. − f ( x) = − ( x + 4) = − x − 4 3 ( x +1) − 5 3x + 3 − 5 3x − 2

2 ( 2 x )+1 4 x +1
f. f ( x +1) = x +1 + 4 g. f ( 2x ) = =
3 ( 2x ) − 5 6x − 5
g. f ( 2x ) = 2x + 4 = 2 x + 4
2 ( x + h ) +1 2x + 2h +1
h. f ( x + h) = x + h + 4 h. f ( x + h) = =
3( x + h) − 5 3x + 3h − 5

44. f ( x ) = x2 + x 1
46. f ( x ) = 1− 2

a. f ( 0 ) = 02 + 0 = 0 = 0
( x + 2)
1 1 3
f 0 =1− = 1− =
b. f (1) = 12 +1 = 2 a. ( )
(0 + 2)
2
4 4

c. f ( −1) = ( −1)2 + ( −1) = 1−1 = 0 = 0 1 1 8

b. f (1) = 1− = 1− =

(1+ 2 )2 9 9
f ( −x ) = ( −x ) + ( −x ) = x − x
2 2
d.

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1 1 x −2
c. f ( −1) = 1− = 1− = 0 53. F (x) =

( −1+ 2 ) x3 + x
2
1
x +x≠0
3

1 1
d. f ( −x ) = 1− = 1− x(x 2 +1) ≠ 0

( −x + 2 ) (2 − x)
2 2

x ≠ 0, x 2 ≠ −1

⎛ ⎞
1 1 Domain: {x x ≠ 0}
e. − f ( x ) = − ⎜ 1− ⎟= −1

⎜ ( x + 2 )2 ⎟ ( x + 2 )
2

⎝ ⎠
x +4
1 1 54. G(x) =
f. f ( x +1) = 1− = 1− x3 − 4x

( x +1+ 2 )2 ( x + 3)2 x 3 − 4x ≠ 0
2
1 1 x(x − 4) ≠ 0
g. f ( 2x ) = 1− = 1−

( 2x + 2 )2 4 ( x +1)
2
x ≠ 0, x2 ≠ 4
x ≠ 0, x ≠ ±2
1
h. f ( x + h ) = 1−

( x + h + 2 )2 Domain: {x x ≠ 0, x ≠ 2, x ≠ − 2}

47. f (x) = −5x + 4 55. h(x) = 3x −12

Domain: { x x is any real number} 3x −12 ≥ 0

3x ≥ 12
x≥4
48. f (x) = x 2 + 2
Domain: { x x is any real number}
Domain: {x x ≥ 4}

x 56. G(x) = 1− x
49. f (x) =
1− x ≥ 0
x 2 +1

Domain: { x x is any real number}

x2

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− −1
x x ≤1
≥
Domain: {x x ≤ 1}
50. f (x) =
x 2 +1
Domain: { x x is any real number} 57. f (x) =
4
x −9
x x −9 > 0
51. g(x) = x>9
x 2 −16
x −16 ≠ 0
2 Domain: {x x > 9}

x 2 ≠ 16 ⇒ x ≠ ±4
x
Domain: {x x ≠ − 4, x ≠ 4} f (x) =
58.
x−4
x−4 > 0
2x
52. h(x) = x>4
x2 − 4 Domain: {x x > 4}
x2 − 4 ≠ 0
x 2 ≠ 4 ⇒ x ≠ ±2
Domain: {x x ≠ − 2, x ≠ 2}

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2 2 c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = (2x +1)(3x − 2)

59. p(x) = =

x −1 x −1 = 6x 2 − 4x + 3x − 2
x −1 > 0 = 6x 2 − x − 2
x >1 The domain is { x x is any real number} .

Domain: {x x > 1}
⎛f⎞ 2 x +1
d. ⎜ ⎟ (x) =
60. q(x) = −x − 2 ⎝g⎠ 3x − 2
−x − 2 ≥ 0 3x − 2 ≠ 0

−x ≥ 2 2
3x ≠ 2 ⇒ x ≠
x ≤ −2 3
Domain: {x x ≤ − 2} The domain is
⎧
x x≠
2⎫
.

⎨ ⎬
3
⎩ ⎭
61. f (x) = 3x + 4 g(x) = 2x − 3
63. f (x) = x −1 g(x) = 2x 2

a. ( f + g)(x) = 3x + 4 + 2x − 3 = 5x +1
a. ( f + g)(x) = x −1+ 2x 2 = 2x 2 + x −1
The domain is { x x is any real number} .

The domain is { x x is any real number} .

b. ( f − g)(x) = (3x + 4) − (2x − 3)
= 3x + 4 − 2x + 3 b. ( f − g)(x) = (x −1) − (2x 2 )
= x+7 = x −1− 2x 2
The domain is { x x is any real number} . = − 2x 2 + x −1

c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = (3x + 4)(2x − 3) The domain is { x x is any real number} .

= 6x 2 − 9x + 8x −12 c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = (x −1)(2x 2 ) = 2x3 − 2x 2

= 6x − x −12
2
The domain is { x x is any real number} .
The domain is { x x is any real number} .
⎛f⎞ x −1
d. (x) =
⎛f⎞ 3x +4 ⎜ ⎟
d. (x) = g 2x 2

⎜ ⎟ ⎝ ⎠
⎝g⎠ 2x − 3
The domain is { x x ≠ 0} .
3 T e
2x − 3 ≠ 0 ⇒ 2x ≠ 3 ⇒ x ≠ d
2 h

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⎧ 3⎫
omain is x x≠ .
64. f (x) = 2x 2 + 3 g(x) = 4x3 +1
2 3
⎨ ⎬ a. ( f + g)(x) = 2x + 3 + 4x +1
2

⎩ ⎭ = 4x 3 + 2x 2 + 4
62. f (x) = 2x +1 The domain is { x x is any real number} .
g(x) = 3x − 2

a. ( f + g)(x) = 2x +1+ 3x − 2 = 5x −1
The domain is { x x is any real number} .
b. ( ) (
( f − g)(x) = 2x 2 + 3 − 4x 3 +1 )
= 2x 2 + 3 − 4x3 −1
b. ( f − g)(x) = (2x +1) − (3x − 2)
= − 4x 3 + 2x 2 + 2
= 2x +1− 3x + 2
= −x + 3 The domain is { x x is any real number} .
The domain is { x x is any real number} . c. ( )(
( f ⋅ g)(x) = 2x 2 + 3 4x 3 +1 )
= 8x5 +12x3 + 2x 2 + 3
The domain is { x x is any real number} .

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⎛f ⎞ 2x 2 + 3 1 1

d. ⎜ ⎟ (x) = 3 67. f (x) = 1+ g(x) =

4x +1 x x
⎝g⎠
4x 3 +1 ≠ 0

1 1 2
a. ( f + g)(x) = 1+ + = 1+
4x3 ≠ −1 x x x
3 The domain is { x x ≠ 0} .
x3 ≠ − ⇒ x ≠ 3 − = −
1 1 2
1 1
4 4 2 b. ( f − g)(x) = 1+ − =1

⎧⎪ 3 ⎫
2⎪ x x
The domain is ⎨ x x ≠ − ⎬. The domain is { x x ≠ 0} .
⎪⎩ 2 ⎪⎭
⎛ 1⎞1 1 1
( f ⋅ g)(x) = 1+ = +
65. f (x) = x g(x) = 3x − 5 c. ⎜ x ⎟ x x x2

⎝ ⎠
a. ( f + g)(x) = x + 3x − 5 The domain is { x x ≠ 0} .

The domain is { x x ≥ 0} . 1 x +1

⎛f⎞ 1+ x +1 x
x x

b. ( f − g)(x) = x − (3x − 5) = x − 3x + 5 d. ⎜ ⎟ (x) = = = ⋅ = x +1

⎝g⎠ 1 1 x 1
The domain is { x x ≥ 0} . x x

The domain is { x x ≠ 0} .
c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = x (3x − 5) = 3x x − 5 x

The domain is { x x ≥ 0} .
68. f (x) = x − 2 g(x) = 4 − x

⎛f⎞ x
d. (x) = a. ( f + g)(x) = x − 2 + 4 − x

⎜g⎟
⎝ ⎠ 3x − 5
x − 2 ≥ 0 and 4 − x ≥ 0
x ≥ 0 and 3x − 5 ≠ 0 x ≥ 2 and − x ≥ −4
5 x≤4
3x ≠ 5 ⇒ x ≠

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The domain is
⎧
x x ≥ 0 and x ≠
5⎫
. The domain is { x 2 ≤ x ≤ 4} .

⎨ ⎬
3
⎩ ⎭ b. ( f − g)(x) = x − 2 − 4 − x

x − 2 ≥ 0 and 4 − x ≥ 0
66. f (x) = x g(x) = x x ≥ 2 and − x ≥ −4

a. ( f + g)(x) = x + x x≤4

The domain is { x x is any real number} . The domain is { x 2 ≤ x ≤ 4} .

b. ( f − g)(x) = x − x c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = ( x−2 )( 4− x )

The domain is { x x is any real number} . = −x 2 + 6x − 8

x − 2 ≥ 0 and 4 − x ≥ 0
c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = x ⋅ x

x ≥ 2 and − x ≥ −4
The domain is { x x is any real number} .
x≤4

⎛ f ⎞ x The domain is { x 2 ≤ x ≤ 4} .
d. ⎜ ⎟ (x) =
⎝g⎠ x

The domain is { x x ≠ 0} .

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⎛f⎞ x −2 2 x +3
d. (x) =

⎜ ⎟ ⎛f⎞ 2 x +3 3x −2 2 x +3
g 4− x d. x = 3x −2 = ⋅ =

⎝ ⎠ ⎜ ⎟( )
g 4x 3x − 2 4x 4x
x − 2 ≥ 0 and 4 − x > 0
⎝ ⎠ 3x − 2

x ≥ 2 and − x > −4 3x − 2 ≠ 0 and x≠0

x<4 3x ≠ 2

The domain is { x 2 ≤ x < 4} . 2

x≠
3
2 x +3 4x ⎧ ⎫
69. f (x) = g(x) = 2

3x − 2 3x − 2 The domain is ⎨ x x ≠ and x ≠ 0 ⎬ .

⎩ 3 ⎭
2 x +3 4x
a. ( f + g)(x) = +

3x − 2 3x − 2 f (x) = x +1
2
70. g(x) =
2 x +3 +4 x
= x
3x − 2
2
6 x +3 a. ( f + g)(x) = x +1 +
= x
3x − 2 x +1 ≥ 0 and x≠0
3x − 2 ≠ 0 x ≥ −1

3x ≠ 2 ⇒ x ≠ 2 The domain is { x x ≥ −1, and x ≠ 0} .

3

The domain is x x ≠ 2 . { } 2

3 b. ( f − g)(x) = x +1 −
x
2 x +3 4x x +1 ≥ 0 and x≠0
b. ( f − g)(x) = −
3x − 2 3x − 2 x ≥ −1

2 x +3 −4 x
= The domain is { x x ≥ −1, and x ≠ 0} .
3x − 2

−2 x +3 2 2 x +1
= c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = x +1 ⋅ =
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3x − 2 ≠ 0 x +1 ≥ 0 and x≠0
2 x ≥ −1
3x ≠ 2 ⇒ x ≠

3 The domain is { x x ≥ −1, and x ≠ 0} .

⎧ 2⎫
The domain is x x≠ .

⎨ ⎬ ⎛f⎞ x +1 x x +1
3

⎩ ⎭ d. ⎜ ⎟ (x) = =

⎝g⎠ 2 2
⎛ 2x + 3 ⎞⎛ 4x ⎞ 8x 2 +12x

c. ( f ⋅ g)(x) = ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟= x
(3x − 2) 2 x +1 ≥ 0 and x≠0
⎝ 3x − 2 ⎠⎝ 3x − 2 ⎠
3x − 2 ≠ 0 x ≥ −1

3x ≠ 2 ⇒ x ≠
2 The domain is { x x ≥ −1, and x ≠ 0} .
3
⎧ 2⎫ 1
The domain is x x≠ .

⎨ ⎬ 71. f (x) = 3x +1 ( f + g)(x) = 6 − x

3

⎩ ⎭ 2
1
6− x = 3x +1+ g(x)
2
7
5− x = g(x)
2
7
g(x) = 5 − x
2

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1 ⎛ f⎞ x +1 76. f (x) = x 2 + 5x −1
72. f (x) = (x) =

⎜g⎟
x2 − x f (x + h) − f (x)
x ⎝ ⎠
h
1

x +1 x ( x +h) 2 +5( x +h) −1 −( x 2 +5x −1)

=

x2 − x g(x) =
h
1
x 2 + 2xh + h 2 + 5x + 5h −1− x 2 − 5x +1
x 1 x 2 −x
=
g(x) = = ⋅ h
x +1 x +1
x 2 xh +h +5h
2

x2 − x =
h
1 x( x−1) x −1
= ⋅ = = 2x + h + 5

x x +1 x +1

73. f (x) = 4x + 3 77. f (x) = x3 − 2

f (x + h) − f (x)
f ( x +h) − f ( x) 4( x +h) +3 −4 x −3
= h
h h
4 x +4h +3 −4 x −3 (x +h )=3 −2 −(x3 −2 )
=
=
h
h
4h
= =4 x +3x h +3xh 2 +h3 −2 −x3 +2
3 2

h =
h
2 2 3
74. f (x) = −3x +1 3xh+3xh +h
=
f ( x +h) − f ( x) −3( x +h) +1 −(−3x +1) h
=
h h = 3x + 3xh + h 2
2

−3x −3h +1 +3x −1

= 1
h 78. f (x) =
−3h x+3
= = −3 1 1

h f ( x +h) − f ( x) −
= x +h +3 x +3
h h
75. f (x) = x 2 − x + 4
( )
x +3− x +3+ h

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f ( x +h) − f ( x) ( x + h + 3)( x + 3)
h =
(x + h) 2 − (x + h) + 4 − (x 2 − x + 4) h

= ⎛ x + 3 − x − 3 − h ⎞⎛ 1 ⎞

h =
⎜ ( x + h + 3 )( x + 3 ) ⎟ ⎜ h ⎟
x 2 + 2xh + h 2 − x − h + 4 − x 2 + x − 4
= ⎛ −h ⎞⎛ 1 ⎞
h =
⎜⎝ ( x + h + 3 )( x + 3 ) ⎠⎟ ⎝⎜ h ⎟⎠
2 xh +h 2 −h
= 1
h =−

= 2x + h −1 ( x + h + 3)( x + 3)

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79. f (x) = 2x3 + Ax 2 + 4x − 5 and f (2) = 5 =x −=B

84. f (x) = , f (2) = 0 and f (1) is undefined
f (2) = 2(2) + A(2) + 4(2) − 5
3 2 x− A

1− A = 0 ⇒ A =1
5 = 16 + 4 A + 8 − 5

2 −B
5 = 4 A +19 f (2) =
−14 = 4 A 2 −1
2−B
7 0=
A=− 1
2 0 = 2−B
B=2
80. f (x) = 3x 2 − Bx + 4 and f (−1) = 12 :

f (−1) = 3(−1) 2 − B(−1) + 4 85. Let x represent the length of the rectangle.

12 = 3 + B + 4 x
Then, represents the width of the rectangle
B=5 2

since the length is twice the width.

The function for the area is:
3x +8
81. f (x) = and f (0) = 2 x x2 1 2
2x − A A(x) = x ⋅ = = x
3(0) +8 2 2 2
f (0) =
2(0) − A
86. Let x represent the length of one of the two equal
8 sides.
2=
−A The function for the area is:
−2A = 8 1 1
A(x) = ⋅ x ⋅ x = x 2
A = −4 2 2

87. Let x represent the number of hours worked.

2 x −B 1 The function for the gross salary is: G(x) = 10x
82. f (x) = and f (2) =

3x + 4 2
2(2) −B 88. Let x represent the number of items sold.
f (2) =
The function for the gross salary is:
3(2) + 4
1 4 −B
=
2 10

83. 5 = 4− f (x) = 2(4) −A

2 x −A f (4) =
BB= 4−3
−1 x
−
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89. a. H (1) = 20 −
4.9 (1)
2

= 20 −
4.9
and f = 15.1
(4) = 0 meters
H (1.1) = 20
− 4.9 (1.1)
2

= 20 −
4.9 (1.21)
= 20
−
5.92
9
=
14.0
71
mete
rs
2
8 −A H (1.2 ) = 20 − 4.9 (1.2 )
0=
1 = 20 − 4.9 (1.44 )
0 =8− A = 20 − 7.056
A=8
f is undefined when x = 3 . = 12.944 meters
H (1.3 ) = 20 − 4.9 (1.3 )
2

= 20 − 4.9 (1.69 )
= 20 − 8.281
= 11.719 meters

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b. H ( x ) = 15 : H ( x) = 5
15 = 20 − 4.9x 2 5 = 20 −13x 2
−5 = − 4.9x 2 −15 = −13x 2
x 2 ≈ 1.0204 x 2 ≈ 1.1538
x ≈ 1.01 seconds x ≈ 1.07 seconds
H ( x ) = 10 : c. H ( x) = 0
10 = 20 − 4.9x 2
0 = 20 −13x 2
−10 = − 4.9x 2 − 20 = −13x 2
x 2 ≈ 2.0408 x 2 ≈ 1.5385
x ≈ 1.43 seconds x ≈ 1.24 seconds

H ( x) = 5 :

x 36, 000
91. C ( x ) = 100 + +

5 = 20 − 4.9x 2 10 x
−15 = − 4.9x 2 500 36, 000

a. C ( 500 ) = 100 + +
x 2 ≈ 3.0612 10 500
x ≈ 1.75 seconds = 100 + 50 + 72
H ( x) = 0 = $222
c.
0 = 20 − 4.9x 2 450 36, 000
b. C ( 450 ) = 100 + +
− 20 = − 4.9x 2 10 450
= 100 + 45 + 80
x 2 ≈ 4.0816
= $225
x ≈ 2.02 seconds
600 36, 000
c. C ( 600 ) = 100 + +
H (1) = 20 −13 (1) = 20 −13 = 7 meters
2
10 600
90. a.
H (1.1) = 20 −13 (1.1) = 20 −13 (1.21) = 100 + 60 + 60
2

= 20 −15.73 = 4.27 meters = $220

H (1.2 ) = 20 −13 (1.2 ) = 20 −13 (1.44 )

2 400 36, 000
d. C ( 400 ) = 100 + +
= 20 −18.72 = 1.28 meters 10 400
= 100 + 40 + 90
H ( x ) = 15
= $230
b.

15 = 20 −13x 2 92. A ( x ) = 4x 1− x
2

−5 = −13x 2
⎛1⎞ 1 ⎛ 1⎞
2
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x 2 ≈ 0.3846 a. A⎜ ⎟ = 4 ⋅ 1− ⎜ ⎟ = = ⋅
3 9 3 3
x ≈ 0.62 seconds ⎝ 3⎠ 3 ⎝ 3⎠

8 2
H ( x ) = 10 = ≈ 1.26 ft 2
9
10 = 20 −13x 2

2
⎛1⎞ 1 ⎛1⎞ 3 3
−10 = −13x 2 b. A⎜ ⎟ = 4 ⋅ = 2⋅
⎝2⎠ 2 1−⎜ ⎟ = 2 4 2
x 2 ≈ 0.7692 ⎝2⎠
2

= 3 ≈ 1.73 ft
x ≈ 0.88 seconds

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2 Section 2.2
⎛2⎞ 2 ⎛2⎞ 8 5 8 5
c. A = 4⋅ 1− = = ⋅

⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ 3 9 3 3
3 3 3 2 2

⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ 1. x + 4 y = 16
8 5 x-intercepts:
= ≈ 1.99 ft 2
x 2 + 4 ( 0 ) = 16
2
9
2

⎛L⎞ L (x ) x = 16
93. R ( x ) = ( x) =
⎜⎝ P ⎟⎠
P( x ) x = ±4 ⇒ ( −4, 0 ) , ( 4, 0 )

94. T ( x ) = (V + P )( x ) = V ( x ) + P ( x ) y-intercepts:
( 0 )2 + 4 y 2 = 16
95. H ( x ) = ( P ⋅ I )( x ) = P ( x ) ⋅ I ( x ) 4 y 2 = 16
2
y =4
96. N ( x ) = ( I − T )( x ) = I ( x ) − T ( x )
y = ±2 ⇒ ( 0, −2 ) , ( 0, 2 )

97. a. h ( x ) = 2x
2. False; x = 2y − 2
h ( a + b ) = 2 ( a + b ) = 2a + 2b
−2 = 2 y − 2
= h ( a ) + h (b ) 0 = 2y

h ( x ) = 2x has the property. 0= y

The point ( −2, 0 ) is on the graph.
b. g ( x ) = x2

g ( a + b ) = ( a + b ) = a + 2ab + b
2 2 2
3. vertical
Since

a 2 + 2ab + b 2 ≠ a 2 + b 2 = g ( a ) + g ( b ) , 4. f ( 5 ) = −3

g(x) = x 2 does not have the property.

5. f ( x ) = ax 2 + 4
c. F ( x ) = 5x − 2 a ( −1) + 4 = 2 ⇒ a = −2
2

F ( a + b ) = 5 ( a + b ) − 2 = 5a + 5b − 2
Since 6. False; it would fail the vertical line test.
5a + 5b − 2 ≠ 5a − 2 + 5b − 2 = F ( a ) + F ( b ) ,
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F ( x ) = 5x − 2 does not have the property. 7. False; e.g. y = .

x
1
d. G ( x) = 8. True
x

1 1 1 9. a. f (0) = 3 since (0, 3) is on the graph.

G (a + b) = ≠ + = G ( a ) + G (b)
f (− 6) = −3 since (− 6, −3) is on the graph.
a+b a b

1
G ( x) = does not have the property. b. f (6) = 0 since (6, 0) is on the graph.
x f (11) = 1 since (11, 1) is on the graph.

98. No, x = −1 is not in the domain of g , but it is c. f (3) is positive since f (3) ≈ 3.7.
in the domain of f .
d. f (−4) is negative since f (−4) ≈ −1.
99. Answers will vary. e. f (x) = 0 when x = −3, x = 6, and x = 10.

f. f (x) > 0 when − 3 < x < 6, and 10 < x ≤ 11.

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g. The domain of f is 12. Function

{x − 6 ≤ x ≤ 11} or [ − 6, 11] . a. Domain: { x x is any real number} ;

h. The range of f is Range: {y y > 0}

{ y − 3 ≤ y ≤ 4} or [ − 3, 4] .
b. Intercepts: (0,1)

i. The x-intercepts are (–3, 0), (6, 0), and c. None

(10, 0).
j. The y-intercept is (0, 3). 13. Function
a. Domain: {x − π ≤ x ≤ π} ;
1
k. The line y = intersects the graph 3 times.
2 Range: {y −1 ≤ y ≤ 1}

l. The line x = 5 intersects the graph 1 time.

⎛ π ⎞ ⎛π ⎞
b. Intercepts: ⎜ − , 0 ⎟ , ⎜ , 0 ⎟ , (0,1)
m. f (x) = 3 when x = 0 and x = 4. 2 2

⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠
n. f (x) = − 2 when x = −5 and x = 8. c. Symmetry about y-axis.

14. Function
10. a. f (0) = 0 since (0, 0) is on the graph.

f (6) = 0 since ( 6, 0) is on the graph. a. Domain: {x − π ≤ x ≤ π} ;

b. f (2) = −2 since (2, − 2) is on the graph.

Range: {y −1 ≤ y ≤ 1}

f (−2) = 1 since (−2, 1) is on the graph. b. Intercepts: ( −π, 0 ) , ( π, 0 ) , (0, 0)

c. f (3) is negative since f (3) ≈ −1. c. Symmetry about the origin.

d. f (−1) is positive since f (−1) ≈ 1.0. 15. Not a function since vertical lines will intersect
the graph in more than one point.
e. f (x) = 0 when x = 0, x = 4, and x = 6.
16. Not a function since vertical lines will intersect
f. f (x) < 0 when 0 < x < 4. the graph in more than one point.
g. The domain of f is 17. Function

{x − 4 ≤ x ≤ 6} or [ − 4, 6] .
a. Domain: {x x > 0} ;

h. The range of f is Range: {y y is any real number}

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{ y − 2 ≤ y ≤ 3} or [ −2, 3] .
b. Intercepts: (1, 0)
i. The x-intercepts are (0, 0), (4, 0), and (6, 0). c. None
j. The y-intercept is (0, 0).
18. Function
The line y = −1 intersects the graph 2
k.
a. Domain: {x 0 ≤ x ≤ 4} ;
times.

l. The line x = 1 intersects the graph 1 time. Range: { y 0 ≤ y ≤ 3}

b. Intercepts: (0, 0)
m. f (x) = 3 when x = 5.
c. None
n. f (x) = − 2 when x = 2.
19. Function
11. Not a function since vertical lines will intersect a. Domain: { x x is any real number} ;
the graph in more than one point.
Range: {y y ≤ 2}
b. Intercepts: (–3, 0), (3, 0), (0,2)
c. Symmetry about y-axis.

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20. Function 24. f (x) = −3x 2 + 5x

a. Domain: {x x ≥ −3} ;
a. f (−1) = −3 ( −1) + 5 ( −1) ≠ 2
2

Range: {y y ≥ 0} The point ( −1, 2 ) is not on the graph of f.

b. Intercepts: (–3, 0), (2,0), (0,2)
f (−2) = −3 ( −2 ) + 5 ( −2 ) = − 22
2
b.
c. None
The point ( −2, −22 ) is on the graph of f.
21. Function
c. Solve for x :
a. Domain: { x x is any real number} ;
−2 = −3x 2 + 5x ⇒ 3x 2 − 5x − 2 = 0
Range: {y y ≥ −3}
( 3x +1)( x − 2 ) = 0 ⇒ x = − 13 , x = 2
b. Intercepts: (1, 0), (3,0), (0,9)

c. None
(2, –2) and − 1 ( )
3 , −2 on the graph of f .
d. The domain of f is
22. Function
{x x is any real number} .
a. Domain: { x x is any real number} ;
Range: {y y ≤ 5}
e. x-intercepts:
f ( x ) =0 ⇒ −3x 2 + 5x = 0
b. Intercepts: (–1, 0), (2,0), (0,4)
c. None x ( −3x + 5 ) = 0 ⇒ x = 0, x = 35

( )
3
( 0, 0 ) and 5 , 0
23. f (x) = 2x 2 − x −1
f. y-intercept:
f (−1) = 2 ( −1) − ( −1) −1 = 2
2
a.
( ) ( )2
f 0 = −3 0 + 5 0 = 0 ⇒ 0, 0
The point ( −1, 2 ) is on the graph of f.

x+2
b. f (−2) = 2 ( −2 ) − ( −2 ) −1 = 9
2 25. f (x) =
x−6
The point ( −2, 9 ) is on the graph of f.

3 +2 5
a. f (3) = = − ≠ 14
c. Solve for x : 3−6 3
−1 = 2x 2 − x −1 The point ( 3,14 ) is not on the graph of f.
0 = 2x 2 − x 4+2 6
b. f (4) = = = −3
0 = x ( 2x −1) ⇒ x = 0, x = 12 4−6 −2

The point ( 4, −3) is on the graph of f.

( )
(0, –1) and 12 , −1 are on the graph of f .
c. Solve for x :
d. The domain of x+2

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f is: {x x is any real number} . 2=

x−6
2x −12 = x + 2
e. x-intercepts:
x = 14
f ( x ) =0 ⇒ 2x 2 − x −1 = 0
(14, 2) is a point on the graph of f .
1
( 2x + 1)( x −1) = 0 ⇒ x = − ,x =1
d. The domain of f is { x x ≠ 6} .
2

⎛ 1 ⎞
− , 0 and (1, 0 )
⎜ ⎟
2
⎝ ⎠
f. y-intercept:
f ( 0 ) =2 ( 0 ) − 0 −1 = −1 ⇒ ( 0, −1)
2

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e. x-intercepts: 2(2) 2 8

x +2 b. f (2) = =
f ( x ) =0 ⇒ =0
(2) 4 +1 17
x−6
⎛ 8 ⎞
x + 2 = 0 ⇒ x = −2 ⇒ ( −2, 0 ) The point 2, is on the graph of f.

⎜ ⎟
17
⎝ ⎠
0 +2 1 ⎛ 1⎞
f. y-intercept: f ( 0 ) = = − ⇒ 0, − c. Solve for x :

⎜ ⎟
0−6 3 3
⎝ ⎠
2x2
1=
4
x2 + 2 x +1

26. f (x) = x 4 +1 = 2x 2
x+4
x 4 − 2x 2 +1 = 0
12 + 2 3

a. f (1) = = (x 2 −1) 2 = 0
1+ 4 5
x 2 −1 = 0 ⇒ x = ±1
⎛ 3 ⎞ is on the graph of f.
The point 1,

⎜ ⎟ (1,1) and (–1,1) are on the graph of f .

5
⎝ ⎠ d. The domain of f is
0 +2
2
2 1 {x x is any real number} .
b. f (0) = = =
e. x-intercept:
0+4 4 2
⎛ 1⎞
The point 0, is on the graph of f.

⎜ ⎟ 2x 2
2

⎝ ⎠ f ( x ) =0 ⇒ =0
4
c. Solve for x : x +1
1 x +2 ( )
= ⇒ x + 4 = 2x 2 + 4

2
2x 2 = 0 ⇒ x = 0 ⇒ 0, 0
2 x+4 f. y-intercept:

0 = 2x 2 − x 2 ( 0)
2
0
f ( 0) = = = 0 ⇒ ( 0, 0 )

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1 0 4 +1 0 +1
x ( 2x −1) = 0 ⇒ x = 0 or x =
2
2x
⎛
0,
1⎞
and
⎛ 1
,
1 ⎞
are on the graph of f . 28. f (x) =

⎜ ⎟ ⎜ ⎟ x−2
2 2 2

⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠
The domain of f is { x x ≠ − 4} .
⎛1⎞
d. =2⎜2 ⎟
⎛1⎞ 1 2
a. f = ⎝ ⎠= =−
e. x-intercepts:
⎜ ⎟ 1 3 3
2

⎝ ⎠ − −
2
2
x +2 2 2
f ( x ) =0 ⇒ = 0 ⇒ x2 + 2 = 0
x+4 ⎛1 2⎞
The point ⎜ , − ⎟ is on the graph of f.
This is impossible, so there are no x-
⎝ 2 3⎠
intercepts.
f. y-intercept: 2(4) 8
b. f (4) = = =4
4−2 2
02 + 2 2 1 ⎛ 1⎞

f ( 0) = = = ⇒ ⎜ 0, ⎟ The point ( 4, 4 ) is on the graph of f.

0+4 4 2 ⎝ 2⎠
c. Solve for x :
2 2x
2x 1= ⇒ x − 2 = 2x ⇒ − 2 = x
27. f (x) =
x +1
4
x−2
(–2,1) is a point on the graph of f .
2(−1) 2 2
a. f (−1) = = =1
(−1) +1 4
2 d. The domain of f is {x x ≠ 2}.

The point (–1,1) is on the graph of f.

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e. x-intercept: −32x 2
2x e. y1 = +x
f ( x ) =0 ⇒ = 0 ⇒ 2x = 0 2
x−2 150 130
⇒ x = 0 ⇒ ( 0, 0 )

0
f. y-intercept: f ( 0 ) = = 0 ⇒ ( 0, 0 )
0−2
0 600
−32x 2
−5

29. h(x) = +x
f. Use INTERSECT on the graphs of
130 2 2

−32(100) 2 −32 x
y = + x and y = 90 .

a. h(100) = +100 1
130 2
2

130 2 150
−320, 000
= +100 ≈ 81.07 feet
16, 900

−32(300) 2
b. h(300) = + 300 0 600
130 2 −5
−2, 880, 000 150
= + 300 ≈ 129.59 feet
16, 900

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THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE AND

THE HEIR APPARENT
BY

MRS. OLIPHANT

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THE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE

AND
THE HEIR APPARENT.
 CHAPTER I.
Lord Frogmore was about sixty when his step-brother, John Parke, his
heir presumptive, announced to him one day his desire to marry. John was
thirty-five, the son of another mother, with whom, however, Lord Frogmore
had always lived in the best intelligence. A more indulgent elder brother
could not be. He had never himself married, or even thought of doing so, so
far as anybody knew. He had considered John’s interests in everything. Had
he been his father instead of his elder brother he could not have been more
thoughtful. Whether perhaps it was John’s advantage he was thinking of
when he remained unmarried was another matter, though you would have
supposed that was the elderly peer’s only notion to hear how John’s mother
spoke of it. At all events it was very much to John Parke’s advantage. His
creditors did not press him, his tailor and he were the best friends in the
world, everything was in his favor in life, and in London, where even his
little extravagancies were greatly encouraged and smiled upon. Heir
presumptive, the Honorable John Parke: that one line in the “Peerage” made
life very smooth for John.
Lord Frogmore was not, however, so entirely actuated by consideration
for his brother as his stepmother thought. He was a man who took, and had
taken all his life, very great care of himself. Whatever was his reason for
not marrying, it was not on account of his brother John. No doubt he was
aware that in all probability his brother would be his heir: but he did not
dwell on that thought, or indeed contemplate the necessity of an heir at all.
He took great care of his health, which was perfect, and had a system of life
which secured him the utmost possible comfort and pleasure with the least
possible trouble. A man who has no family to interfere with his liberty,
plenty of money, perfect control of his own time and actions, and no duties
to speak of, can make himself exceedingly comfortable when he sets his
mind to it, and this was what Lord Frogmore had done.
He was, however, a little startled but much more amused when John
announced to him his intentions. It was at the beginning of the season,
before as yet Mr. Parke could have been endangered by any of the
blandishments of society, and Lord Frogmore’s mind, which was a very
lively one, made a sweep over the country houses at which he knew his
brother to have been staying. “Do I know the lady?” he asked, with a
twinkle in his eye. He had not a very high opinion of his brother John, in
point of intellect at least, and he immediately leapt to the conclusion that it
was not John’s intention so much as the lady’s which had decided this
important step.
“I don’t think so,” said John. “She is of a good family, but very fond of
the country, and they don’t come much to town. She is a Miss Ravelstone,
of Grocombe—Yorkshire people—perhaps you may never even have heard
the name.”
“No, I can’t say I have ever heard the name,” said Lord Frogmore, with
his face lengthening: for there is this unconscious arrogance in people who
belong to what is called society that it seems to them as if it was the same as
not to exist at all, if you are not at once recognized and identified by the
mention of your name.
“No,” said John with something of a blush, “I did not expect you would.
Her father has got a nice little estate, but they don’t much mind society.
There’s several brothers. I don’t suppose I shall have very much money
with her. They’re chiefly a hunting family,” John said.
“Well, that is no harm. But it’s a pity if there is no money,” said Lord
Frogmore calmly. “You have not money enough yourself to make you
independent of that. What do you mean to do?”
Lord Frogmore looked with great composure at John, who in his turn
looked very blank at his brother. John was very much more warmly
conscious of being Frogmore’s heir than Frogmore was. He had taken it for
granted, though not without cold sensations, that Frogmore would do
something, nay, much for him in this emergency. The old gentleman would
feel that John was fulfilling a duty to the common family which he himself
(thank heaven!) had never taken the trouble to do. John felt indeed that
Frogmore ought to be grateful to him for marrying, which was clearly a
duty as he was almost the last of the race. Lord Frogmore saw through this
with very lively perceptions, but it amused him to play a little on his
brother’s fears.
“You will wish to get an appointment of some sort or another,” he said.
“It is a thing not very easy to get, but still we must see what can be done for
you. But I don’t know how you are to pull through those examinations
which are necessary for everything, John.”
 John kept silence for a time with a very disconcerted countenance, then
he burst forth almost with an explosion. “I thought you would have been
pleased, Frogmore——”
“I am not displeased: you are old enough to judge for yourself, and to
choose for yourself. Of course, I am delighted that you should be happy,”
said Lord Frogmore with his bland smile which always took the fortitude
out of John. But when he had reduced the poor fellow almost to a jelly, and
made his purpose and his prospects look equally impossible, which was not
difficult to do, the elder brother relented: or else it would be better to say he
did for John what he had always intended to do, notwithstanding that he
could not resist the temptation of turning him outside in. He inquired into
the antecedents, or rather into the family of Miss Ravelstone, for she had no
antecedents, happily for herself—and discovered that there was at least
nothing against them if they were scarcely of the caste of those who usually
gave heirs to Frogmore. Her father was a squire in Yorkshire though but of
small estate; whose family had been Ravelstones of Grocombe long before
the Parkes had ever been heard of. Unfortunately ancient family does not
always give refinement or elevation either of mind or manners, and horses,
though most estimable animals and the favorite pursuit of the English
aristocracy, have still less influence of that description. Horses were the
devotion, the vocation, and more or less the living of the Ravelstone family.
From father to son all the men of the house were absorbed in the
cultivation, the production, the worship of that noble animal. Women there
were none in the house save Miss Letitia, who was only so far of the
prevailing persuasion that she was an admirable horsewoman. But in her
heart she never desired to see a horse again, so long as she lived. She had
heard them talked of so long and so much that she hated the very name. The
stable talk and the hunting talk were a weariness to her. Her mind was set
on altogether different things. To get into society and to make some sort of
figure in the world was what she longed for and aspired to. The county
society was all she knew of, and that was at first the limit of her wishes. But
these desires rose to higher levels after awhile as will hereafter be seen. She
had as little prospect of admission into the elevated society of the county as
she had of access to the Queen’s court at the moment when kind fate called
her forth from her obscurity.
This happened in the following way. A very kind and good-natured
family of the neighborhood, one of the few county people who knew the
Ravelstones, had as usual a party for the Doncaster races. It was not a good
year. There were no horses running which excited the general expectation,
nothing very good looked for, and various misfortunes had occurred in the
Sillingers’ usual circle. Some were ill and some were in mourning, and
some had lost money—more potent reasons for refraining from their usual
festivities than the buying of oxen or even the marrying of wives—and the
party at Cuppland was reduced in consequence below its usual numbers. It
was then that Lady Sillinger, always good-natured, suggested to her
daughters that they should ask “Tisch”—which was the very unlucky
diminution by which Letitia was known. Poor Tisch had few pleasures in
life. She had no mother to take her about—hardly even an aunt. She would
enjoy the races for their own sake, the family being so horsey—and she
could come in nobody’s way. The Sillinger girls were young and pretty and
careless, quite unconcerned about the chance of anyone coming in their
way, and very sure that Tisch Ravelstone was the last person in the world to
fear as a rival. They agreed to the invitation with the utmost alacrity. Poor
Tisch never went anywhere. They were as pleased to give her a holiday as if
it had been of some advantage to themselves. And Letitia came much
excited and very grateful, with one new dress and something done to each
of the old ones to make them more presentable. The result was not very
satisfactory among all the fresh toilettes from London and Paris which the
Sillingers and their friends had for the races, but Letitia had the good sense
to wear dresses of subdued colors which were not much remarked. She was
not pretty. She had light hair without color enough in it to be remarkable,
and scanty in volume—hair that never could be made to look anything. Her
nose was turned up a little at the tip, and was slightly red when the weather
was cold. Her lips were thin. She herself was thin, with an absence of
roundness and softness which is even more disadvantageous than the want
of a pretty face. She was said by everybody to be marked out for an old
maid. So it may easily be perceived that Lady Sillinger was right when she
said that poor Tisch would come in nobody’s way.
On the other hand, John Parke was a very eligible person, highly
presentable, and Lord Frogmore’s heir presumptive, a man about town who
knew everybody and who never could have been expected in the ordinary
course of affairs to be aware of the existence of such a homely person as
Tisch Ravelstone. He did not indeed notice her at all except to say good-
morning when they met, and good-night when she joined the procession of
ladies with candlesticks going to bed, until the third day. On that fatal
morning, before the party set out for the Races, Mr. Parke had an accident.
He twisted his foot upon the slippery parquet of the breakfast-room, which
was only partially covered by the thick Turkey carpet; and though the twist
was supposed not to be serious, it prevented him from accompanying the
party. He was very much annoyed by this contretemps, but there was
nothing for it but to submit. Before Lady Sillinger set out for Doncaster she
had everything arranged for his comfort, so far as it could be foreseen. He
was put on a sofa in the library, with a table by his elbow covered with all
the morning papers, with the last English novels out of Mudie’s box, and
the last yellow books from Paris which had reached the country. There was
an inkstand, also a blotting book, pens and pencils—everything a disabled
man would be supposed to want.
“I would stay to take care of you,” said kind Lady Sillinger, “but Sir
Thomas——”
“Oh, don’t think of such a thing,” said John, “I shall be very
comfortable.”
They all came to pity and console him before they drove away—the girls
in their pretty dresses, the men all spruce and fresh. He felt it a little hard
upon him that after having been invited specially for the Races he should
have to stay at home, and he felt very angry with the silly fashion, as he
thought it for the moment, of those uncovered floors and slippery polished
boards. “What the blank did people have those things for?” he said to
himself. Still he did his best to grin and bear it. He settled himself on his
sofa and listened to the distant sounds of the setting off, the voices and the
calls to one and another. “Tom will come with us——” “No, but I am to
have the vacant place in the landau.” “Oh, now, Dora, there is room for you
here.” Dora was the youngest of the Sillingers and the one he liked best. He
wondered with whom she was to be during the drive. There was another
vacancy besides his own. One of the ladies had stayed behind as well as
himself. He wondered which it was. If it was Mrs. Vivian, for example, he
wished she would come and keep him company. But, perhaps, it was some
horrid cold or other which would make her keep her bed.
The sound of their departure died away. They had all gone. No chance of
anyone now coming into the room to deliver John Parke from his own
society. He would have to make up his mind to spend his day alone. With a
great sigh, which nearly blew the paper which he held so carelessly out of
his hand, John betook himself to this unusual occupation. He read the whole
of the Morning Post and Standard from beginning to end, and then he
began upon the Times. There was nothing in the papers. It is astonishing
how little there is in them when you particularly want to find something that
will amuse you for an hour or two. He felt inclined to fling them to the
other corner of the room after he had gone over everything from the
beginning to the end. And it was just at this moment, when he was
thoroughly tired of himself and would have welcomed anybody, that he
heard a movement at the door. He looked up very eagerly and Miss
Ravelstone came in. To do her justice Letitia was quite ignorant of the
accident and that Mr. Parke had been left behind. She had woke with a
violent cold—so bad that she too had been compelled to give up the idea of
going out. She had put on her plainest dress, knowing that no one would be
back till it was time for dinner, and feeling that her gray gown was quite
good enough for the governess and the children with whom she would have
to lunch: she had indulged herself by having breakfast in bed, which was
quite an unusual luxury. Her nose was more red than usual through the cold,
her eyes were suffused with unintended tears. She did not want to see
anyone. When she met John Parke’s eager look, Miss Ravelstone would
have liked the substantial library floor to open and swallow her up. “Oh, I
beg your pardon,” she cried.
“Is that you, Miss Ravelstone,” said John. “Is it possible that you have
not gone with the rest?”
“I had such a bad cold,” stammered Tisch—for a moment she actually
felt as if she had done something wrong in going into the room.
“And here am I laid by the leg—I mean by the ankle,” said Mr. Parke.
Even then Letitia was not fully awakened to the magnitude of the chance
which her good fortune had thus put into her hands. She said she was very
sorry, and for a moment stood hovering at the door uncertain whether she
ought not to retire at once. But John was so much delighted to have
somebody to tell his story to that he would not let her go.
“It was all those confounded boards in the breakfast-room,” he said.
“Why can’t they have carpets all over the room. When one is abroad one
makes up one’s mind to that sort of thing, everything’s slippery and shiny
there: but in a house in Yorkshire! I came down like an elephant, Miss
Ravelstone. I wonder you did not feel the whole house shake.”
“I was in bed,” said Letitia, “nursing a bad cold.”
“A bad cold is a nasty thing,” said John, “but it is not so bad as a twist in
the foot. You can move about at least—and here am I stuck on a sofa—not
able even to ring the bell.”
“I will ring the bell for you with pleasure, Mr. Parke.”
“That’s just one of the last things one would ask a lady to do,” cried
John, “and I don’t know why you should ring the bell for me. If the fellow
was here I don’t know what I want. I couldn’t tell him to sit down and talk
to me. It’s such a bore to be left here alone, and everyone else away.”
“I’ll sit down and talk to you if you like,” said Tisch, with a laugh. Her
eyes recovered in the most marvelous manner. She felt inclined to sneeze,
but shook it off. She began to wake up and see what was before her. Heir
presumptive to Lord Frogmore! She had made up her mind that she was
likely to meet somebody of importance on this great visit—and had no
intention of neglecting any opportunity—though she had never even
supposed, never hoped, to have such a captive delivered into her hands in
this easy way.
“I wish you would,” said John. “I’m afraid I’m not very lively, and this
confounded ankle hurts; but perhaps we can find something to talk about.
Are you fond of playing games, Miss Ravelstone? I wonder if there are any
here?”
“There is a chess board, I know,” said Letitia; “but I don’t know much
about chess: and there’s bezique, and I have a ‘go bang’ of my own.”
“Oh, if it’s not too much to ask, please fetch the go bang,” cried John.
Miss Letitia nodded her head, she disappeared, and in two minutes
returned a little out of breath with the box containing that intellectual
amusement in her hand. She had done something to herself in the
meantime, John felt, but though he was trained in the things that ladies “do”
to make themselves more attractive he could not make out what it was.
They played about twenty games at go bang, and time which had been so
leaden-footed flew. But everything exhausts itself after a while. When an
hour and a half had passed thus, John began to fidget again, and wonder
what o’clock it was, and if it would soon be time for luncheon—which was
at two in this late house: and it was now only one o’clock, another lingering
hour.
“Should you like,” said Miss Ravelstone, “to hear a great secret about
Cobweb?” Now Cobweb was the favorite for the next day’s race, and John
Parke had, as he would himself have said, a pot of money on that horse.
“Anything about the race? Why, to be sure, of all things in the world,” he
said.
It has already been mentioned that the Ravelstones were all horsey to the
last degree except Tisch, who was not of that persuasion; but she had heard
horses talked of all her life, and while she entered into the biography of
Cobweb, John Parke listened with eager eyes.
 CHAPTER II.
This was how it all began; how it went on was more than anyone could say,
certainly not John himself, who woke up one morning to feel himself an
engaged man with a more startled sensation than words could express. He
knew that it was all right; that Letitia had been everything that was nice and
proper, and had even spoken humbly of her own merits as not good enough
for such a distinguished person as himself; but what were the steps that lead
up to it, or how it had come about, John could give no clear account. He
spoke of the incident with a kind of awe. How it happened, or what had
come to pass before it happened, was something too great for him, which he
could not follow; but from the very first moment he was aware that it was,
and could neither be got rid of nor explained away. John was not a very
triumphant lover. He was a little subdued indeed, scarcely knowing how to
announce it to his friends; but Letitia took it upon her instantly to bear his
burdens, and it was she who told Lady Sillinger, who told everybody, and
so that matter was got over. I do not mean to say that it was all settled
during the Doncaster week at the Sillingers; for however Letitia might have
felt, John could never have been got to be so prompt as that. But another
benevolent lady who saw how the tide was turning, and who thought it a
great pity that a girl should not have her chance, invited Letitia and also
John, who happened to have no other pressing engagement, and in a
fortnight more great things were done. I have said before that he never
could tell how it was, but he very soon came to understand that it was all
settled, and that it necessitated a great many other arrangements. One of
them was the conversation with Lord Frogmore with which this story
began. John Parke was still a little dazed and overawed by the great event
when he informed his brother, and the manner in which Lord Frogmore at
first received his confidence at once bewildered and disconcerted him. But
afterwards everything came right, and the arrangements made were
satisfactory in every way. Lord Frogmore paid his brother’s debts. He gave
Miss Ravelstone a very handsome wedding present, and he made such an
allowance as became the conditions and expectations of his heir. He did,
indeed, everything that could have been expected in the circumstances. He
did not say “I shall never marry, and of course you will have everything
when I am gone,” which Letitia thought he ought to have said, considering
everything; but he acted exactly as if he had said this. You do not make your
younger brother an allowance of three thousand a year unless your
intentions towards him are of the most decided character; nor, indeed, was it
in the least probable that anything could come to snatch the cup from John
Parke’s lips.
When the time came for the wedding it was discovered by all parties that
Grocombe was too far off among the fells—too much out of order, too bare,
and—in a word—too shabby for such a performance. Letitia had felt this
from the very first moment, and had been strongly conscious of it when she
wrote to Lady Sillinger on the very evening on which the engagement took
place. She had told her kind friend that she was the happiest girl in the
world, and that nobody knew how much there was in John; but even at that
early period when she had said something modestly of her lover’s ardor and
desire to have the marriage soon, she added: “But oh! dear Lady Sillinger,
when I think of Grocombe and old Mr. Hill, our vicar, my heart sinks. How
can I ever—ever be married there?”
As Lady Sillinger entered with great enthusiasm into a marriage which
she might be said to have made, Miss Ravelstone had many opportunities of
repeating this sentiment, and the conclusion of all was that this kind-hearted
woman invited her young friend to be married from Cuppland if she
pleased. “It will be such fun for the children,” Lady Sillinger said. It was
therefore amid all the surroundings of a great house that Lord Frogmore
first saw his brother’s bride. John did not ask any questions as to the
impression Letitia had made. He had a dull kind of sense that it might be
better to ask no questions. He was not himself at all deceived about her
appearance, nor did he expect his friends to admire her. He took the absence
of all enthusiasm on their part with judicious calm. He was not himself
enthusiastic, but he had a sober satisfaction in the consciousness that his
income was more than doubled, and that he was likely to be very
comfortable until the time should come when Frogmore would in the course
of nature die. And then, of course, he knew very well what the succession
would be. Letitia knew it too. She had read a hundred times over every
detail in the paragraph. She managed to get a copy of the county history and
study everything that was known about the family of the Parkes and their
possessions. She had even managed to find an old dressmaker who had
once been maid to one of the ladies of the family, and who told her about
the jewels which must eventually be hers. By dint of industry and constant
questioning Letitia had discovered everything about the Parkes before she
became one of them. And it was all very satisfactory—more so to her,
perhaps, than to any other of the family. John’s mother was not at all
pleased, but what did it matter about that? She was only the Dowager, and,
except so far as her own little savings were concerned, had no power.
When Lord Frogmore first saw his sister-in-law she was in all the
importance and excitement of a young lady on the eve of marriage
surrounded by dressmakers and by presents. The dressmakers were many
and obsequious, the presents were few and did not make a very great show.
This was got over, however, by the explanation that most of her wedding
gifts had been sent to Grocombe, and that the show at Cuppland was only
accidental, not contributed by her old family friends, by whom, of course,
the most important were sure to be supplied. The head of the family of the
Parkes, when he was asked into Lady Sillinger’s boudoir to make
acquaintance with his sister-in-law, had a small packet in his hand, to which
he saw her eyes turn almost before she looked at himself. Her eyes were
light, and not very bright by nature, but there was a glow in them as they
shot that glance at the packet in his hand. Did she think it was but a small
packet? Lord Frogmore could not help asking himself. The jeweller’s box,
which he carried done up in silver paper, thus became the chief and first
thought on both sides. Letitia was in a pale pink dress which was not
becoming to her. It made her thin hair and colorless complexion more
colorless than ever. It threw up the faint flush on the tip of her nose. She
rose quickly, and came forward holding out her hand, and rising
suggestively on her toes. Did she mean to kiss him? the old gentleman
asked himself, which was certainly what Letitia meant to do; but in such a
salutation in such circumstances the initiative should at least be taken by the
elderly brother-in-law, not by the bride. She stood suspended, however, for
a moment, as it were in the air, with that expectation, and then resumed her
seat with a little shake out of her draperies like a ruffled bird.
“I am very glad to make your acquaintance, Miss Ravelstone,” said Lord
Frogmore.
“Oh, I am sure so am I,” said Letitia. “Dear John’s brother.”
She simpered and held down her head a little, while Lord Frogmore did
not know whether to laugh or be angry. He was not accustomed to this way
of stating the relationship.
 “Yes, to be sure dear John is my brother,” he said, “and as I don’t doubt
you are going to make him a very happy man, the family will all be much
indebted to you, Miss Ravelstone. In view of the coming event I have
brought my little offering.” He began to open it out, fumbling at the string
in a way which was very tantalizing to Letitia, who would have liked to
pounce upon it and take it out of his hand.
“Let me cut it,” she said, producing scissors from the dressmaker’s box
which was on the table, and once more her eyes gave a gleam enough to set
that troublesome paper on fire.
“Thank you, but I like to save the string,” said the old peer. He felt
himself, however, though he rather liked to tantalize her, that all this delay
would make his present look still unimportant in her eyes. It was a pearl
necklace with a pendant of pearls and diamonds, and it had in reality cost
him a good deal, and was more valuable than Letitia thought. She drew a
long breath when it was at last disclosed.
“Oh!” she said (adding within herself “it’s not diamonds after all.”) “Oh,
how very pretty; oh, how sweetly pretty; oh, what a delightful little
necklace. Oh, Lord Frogmore, it looks like someone younger and much,
much prettier than me.”
“I am very glad you like it,” said Lord Frogmore.
“Oh, Lord Frogmore, any girl would like it. I am sure it is quite
beautiful. I thought married ladies didn’t wear pearls; but only just to keep
in the box and look at it would do one good. It is the loveliest little thing I
ever saw.”
“You are mistaken I am sure about the married ladies, Miss Ravelstone.”
“Am I?” she said, looking up at him with engaging candor, “I am so
inexperienced I don’t know, but someone told me so; dull stones for girls
and bright ones for married ladies is what I was told; but I daresay that was
all wrong and you know best——”
“I really don’t know what you mean by dull stones,” said Lord Frogmore
stiffly.
“Oh, I mean pearls and torquoises and such things, and the others are
rubies and emeralds and diamonds; but I don’t at all understand such
questions, I only know they are lovely. How am I to thank you, Lord
Frogmore?”
 “I am quite sufficiently thanked if you are pleased, Miss Ravelstone.”
“Oh, but that is so cold,” said Letitia. “I know what I should do if it was
my father, or my uncle, or any old friend. But when it is Lord Frogmore
——” She stopped with the same arrested motion which had startled him so
when they had first met. Decidedly the girl meant to kiss him. He started
rather abruptly to his feet and made her a very elaborate bow.
“I am more than repaid, Miss Ravelstone, if you are good enough to be
pleased with my little present,” he said.
“Oh! please call me Letitia—at least,” said the too affectionate bride.
If Lady Sillinger had not come forward at this moment to relieve the
strain of the situation by boundless praise and admiration of the necklace,
Frogmore did not know to what extremities he might have been driven. He
withdrew as soon as he could without any demonstrations of tenderness—
and hurrying through the suite of rooms came, to his confusion, upon Lady
Frogmore, his stepmother, John’s mother, a woman a little younger than
himself, and of whom he had always been a little afraid. She was very large,
as so many ladies become in their maturity, and had a way of constantly
fanning herself, which was disturbing to most men and to her stepson most
of all. But as they had naturally perceived each other some way off there
was no avoiding an encounter. The dowager Lady Frogmore had a voice not
unlike a policeman’s rattle, and as she spoke her large bosom heaved as if
with the effort to bring it forth.
“Well, Frogmore,” she said, “you have been paying your respects to the
bride?”
“I have indeed,” he replied, with much gravity, and a nervous glance
behind him.
“You look, my dear Frogmore, as if you were running away.”
“Something like it, I don’t deny. I—I thought she would have kissed
me,” he said, with a burst of feeling. It might have seemed comical to some
people, but it was not at all comical to Lord Frogmore.
The dowager Lady Frogmore stopped fanning herself. “She kissed me,”
she said, in sepulchral tones; “actually got up upon her toes, and, before I
knew what she was about, kissed me. I never was so taken by surprise in
my life. If there is any kissing to be done it is the family, certainly, that
should begin.”
 “That is quite my opinion,” said Frogmore; “but I suppose she means it
for the best.”
Lady Frogmore shook her head. She shook it so long and so persistently
that the flowers upon her bonnet began to shed little bits of feather and
tinsel. “Frogmore,” she said, solemnly, “mark my words. She will lead John
a life!”
“Let’s hope not,” said his brother.
“Oh! don’t tell me. Men never understand. She will lead him a life.”
“At all events it is his own doing,” said Frogmore.
“I don’t believe it is his own doing. He could not give me a rational
account of it when I asked him. I believe she’s a scheming minx, and this
Lady Sillinger’s a designing woman.”
“What good will it do her? She’s got daughters of her own.”
“That is just the danger of it,” said Lady Frogmore, nodding her head.
“If it had been one of her own daughters I would not have said a word. Her
own daughters are well enough, but this girl! My poor dear John has been
made a victim, Frogmore. He has been made a victim. I wish he had broken
his leg or something before he came to this house.”
“Nonsense,” said Lord Frogmore, “he might have met her anywhere else
as well as in this house.”
“It’s all a deep laid scheme,” continued the dowager, behind her fan.
“What that woman has against my poor dear John I can’t tell, but it is she
that has done it. And mark my words, Frogmore——”
“How many more words am I to mark,” said Frogmore peevishly—then
he added, in the freedom of close relationship: “All you say about poor
Lady Sillinger is the merest nonsense. She’s as good a woman as ever
lived.”
“Mark my words, Frogmore,” repeated the dowager, “that girl will never
rest till she has got you out of the way.”
“Me!” he laughed, “set your mind at rest,” he said, “I am not in her way
at all. She means to make a friend of me.”
“She’ll make a friend of you, and then she’ll make you something quite
different. She will never be happy,” said Lady Frogmore, “till she has got us
all out of the way.”
 “Oh! come, come! We don’t live in the fourteenth century,” Frogmore
said.
And next day, notwithstanding all these prognostications of harm, John
and Letitia were married, and set off for their honeymoon. And whatever
her intentions might be there was no longer any possibility of shutting out
the Honorable Mrs. John Parke from the amenities of the family. She was
kissed. She was blessed. Old slippers were flung after her, and if she had
been the most desirable wife in the world, no more could have been done by
the family to put the best face upon this event before the eyes of a too
quick-sighted world.
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