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Read the sentence.

Roland, the artist, brilliantly captured the fading pastel light on his canvas, and he preserved the sunset for future generations to enjoy.

Which statement correctly describes the sentence?

It is one long independent clause.
It is one independent clause and one dependent clause.
It is two dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction.
It is two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It is two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

Both "Roland, the artist, brilliantly captured the fading pastel light on his canvas" and "he preserved the sunset for future generations to enjoy" can stand alone as complete sentences and are joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."