Which strategy would best direct your search for the public's perception of a mayor's intent to install video cameras at traffic lights?

a) attend the next city council meeting and take notes

b) interview ten drivers on their opinion of the plan

c) search your local library for current newspaper articles about the plan

d) read a press release from the mayor's office announcing the plan

B) Interview ten drivers on their opinion of the plan.

If your objective is to discover the public's perception of a policy, you need to contact the public in order to obtain that information. A council meeting, newspaper articles, or a press release might give you some information, but it is not going to be as direct, complete and unbiased as that of talking to the public directly. Therefore, interviewing drivers on their opinion is the best way to begin a research with this objective.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.