Option 1:

After the September 11th attacks, the National Security Agency (NSA) began wiretapping American telephones and email messages in secret. Government officials decided it was important to keep watch over people who seemed suspicious. They said that secret wiretapping would help eliminate terrorist attacks. They suggested that true patriots would not object to giving up a bit of privacy in order to improve security. Despite this explanation, many Americans oppose secret wiretapping, saying that it is a violation of privacy.

According to a 2015 Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll, 54% of Americans disapproved of the NSA secretly wiretapping millions of Americans in order to investigate terrorism. Which fraction is closest to 54%?

A. ⅗

B. ¾

C, ½

D. ⅔

Option 2:

In March 2010, a judge ruled that wiretapping without a warrant was illegal. Before the trial, the U.S. Justice Department had requested that the case be thrown out of court. Despite this request, the judge heard the case and made his ruling on the wiretapping section of the Patriot Act. He said that allowing the government to spy on suspicious people without warrants would eliminate an important limit on executive power. The judge wrote a 45-page opinion on the case.

Luka just wrote a 10-page paper on wiretapping. He used government documents as sources of information. His 10-page paper took him a total of 36 hours. If he worked at the same rate, how long would it take him to write a 45-page paper?