According to information found on the production analysis page of the Inquirer, Baldwin sold 1125 units of Boat in the current year. Assuming that Boat maintains a constant market share, all the units of Boat are sold in the Nano market segment and the growth rate remains constant, how many years will it be before Boat will not be able to meet future demand unless the company adds production capacity? Exclude any existing inventory.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

just took the test;

argument: "it's time to wage a war against britain to secure american freedom."

claims: "america has tried every peaceful method available for seperating from england" & "the americans' petitions to the king have been turned away by him."