Read the sentence.The team won the majority of the regular season games, so they were optimistic about a victorious post-season.

The sentence has two independent clauses: “The team won the majority of the regular season games” and “they were optimistic about a victorious post-season.” Each has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a sentence. The word “so” joins them, making the correct choice two independent clauses.

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