The following appeared in a memorandum from the planning department of an electric power company. "several recent surveys indicate that home owners are increasingly eager to conserve energy. at the same time, manufacturers are now marketing many home appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, that are almost twice as energy efficient as those sold a decade ago. also, new technologies for better home insulation and passive solar heating are readily available to reduce the energy needed for home heating. therefore, the total demand for electricity in our area will not increase— and may decline slightly. since our three electric generating plants in operation for the past twenty years have always met our needs, construction of new generating plants will not be necessary." write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.