Which of the following is a complex sentence?(1 point) Responses Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them. Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them. Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday. Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday. Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them. Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them. The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.

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A complex sentence contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Among the options given, the sentence that qualifies as a complex sentence is:

"The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north."

In this sentence, "before their trip up north" is a dependent clause that adds additional information to the independent clause "The family made sure they packed warm clothes."