This is a question with answer options. Goal: how to cut carpet as you are removing it

Which of the following methods is more reasonable for accomplishing this goal?

Choose your answer from:
1). Carpet is much easier to cut from the back than from the front. Use a sharp new blade in your utility knife and be careful not to slice into baseboard or walls. Keep pulling back the carpet and slicing it into strips..
2). Carpet is much easier to cut from the front than from the front. Use a sharp new blade in your utility knife and be careful not to slice into baseboard or walls. Keep pulling back the carpet and slicing it into strips.....I think the answer is
1).