Is 4/8 closer to 1 or 0

In figure 4 of the telephone components what do the labels lettered a to e

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.

If you were making a persuasive speech about how students should take creative writing every year they are in school, which sentence would most effectively support that argument?