The Topic Sentence Below Is Followed by a Brainstormed List

question 13

Multiple Choice

The topic sentence below is followed by a brainstormed list of possible ideas for a paragraph. Decide which ideas support the topic sentence and should be kept and which ideas should be dropped. Select "keep" or "drop" for each idea. Topic sentence: Gilberto learned how to play the trumpet, but it took a long time.
In time, Gilberto's tongue and lip muscles became strong.

• A) Keep
• B) Drop

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Definitions:

Break-even Point

The production level where total revenues equals total expenses, and there is neither profit nor loss.

Perfectly Elastic

Perfectly elastic describes a situation where the quantity demanded or supplied responds infinitely or extremely to changes in price.

Shutdown Point

The level of production and price at which a business's total revenue is equal to its total variable costs, making it indifferent between ceasing operations and continuing to produce.

Break-even

The point at which revenue received equals the costs associated with receiving the revenue, resulting in neither a profit nor a loss.