Why is the correct answer c?
i thought comma cannot be used to separate two independent clauses

Susie ran a race. she ran 55 miles an hour, and the race took her tt hours to complete.

When your working with the passage-based reading questions on the psat do all of the following except. a)make sure you read each question throughly. b) try to answer each question before you look at the answers. c) plan to spend most of your time reading the passage. d) make sure your answer choice is the most correct number me

In an ecosystem, marsh snails feed on phytoplankton and painted turtles feed on marsh snails. pollution has resulted in the depletion of phytoplankton. what effect would this situation likely have on the population of marsh snails and painted turtles? as phytoplankton were destroyed, the population of marsh snails would most likely then the population of painted turtles would mostly likely a. 1. increase 2. decrease 3. stay the same b. 1. increase 2. decrease 3. stay the same