Franklin spent an hour researching at the library last night. He checked out four books to finish the project at home.

Question

Which one shows how these sentences can be manipulated to create a compound sentence that has the same meaning as the original sentences?
(1 point)
After spending an hour researching at the library last night, Franklin decided to tinisn
the project at home and checked out four books.
Franklin spent an hour researching at the library last night, and he checked out four books to finish the project at home.
Franklin checked out four books from the library; he had already spent an hour researching last night.
To finish the project at home, Franklin brought home four books after he spent an hour researching at the library last night.

Answer 1

The sentence that effectively manipulates the original sentences to create a compound sentence with the same meaning is:

Franklin spent an hour researching at the library last night, and he checked out four books to finish the project at home.

This version connects the two original ideas in a clear and coherent manner, maintaining their meaning.