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I was going to be late for band practice. I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
In which two ways can the sentences be correctly combined?

I was going to be late for band practice; so I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
I decided to bring the band director a cookie since I was going to be late for band practice.
Because I decided to bring the band director a cookie I was going to be late for band practice.
I was going to be late for band practice, I decided to bring the band director a cookie.
I was going to be late for band practice; therefore, I decided to bring the band director a cookie.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct answers:
- I decided to bring the band director a cookie since I was going to be late for band practice.
- I was going to be late for band practice; therefore, I decided to bring the band director a cookie.

Notes:
- "I was going to be late for band practice; so..." is incorrect punctuation (use a comma before "so").
- "Because I decided to bring... I was going to be late..." reverses the cause/effect.
- "I was going to be late..., I decided..." is a comma splice.