What is the meaning of the word miscellany based on its context in this excerpt from robert louis stevenson’s treasure island?
a strong smell of tobacco and tar rose from the interior, but nothing was to be seen on the top except a suit of very good clothes, carefully brushed and folded. they had never been worn, my mother said. under that, the miscellany began—a quadrant, a tin canikin, several sticks of tobacco, two brace of very handsome pistols, a piece of bar silver, an old spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mostly of foreign make, a pair of compasses mounted with brass, and five or six curious west indian shells.
a) items of value
b)similar things
c)junk
d)collection of things

D) Collection of things.

Explanation:

The meaning of the word “miscellany”, following only the context of the passage taken from R.L. Stevenson´s beautiful novel, can be inferred to mean “a collection of things”, in the sense that this list of things refers to several items of a diverse nature, some more valuable than others, and, notwithstanding its diverse nature, it can be said to be a composite totality, a whole or, again, a collection of things.

- "a.) it includes letters and books gathered over 1200 years, and consists of two parts.

- most of the new testament is letters from paul to the different churches, and since there's a new testament that means there is an old testament. "

substitute y = 2x - 4 to x + 2y = 12:

x + 2(2x - 4) = 12     use distributive property

x + (2)(2x) + () = 12

x + 4x - 8 = 12     add 8 to both sides

5x = 20     divide both sides by 5

x = 4

put the value of x to the first equation:

y = 2(4) - 4

y = 8 - 4

y = 4