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Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but she was afraid her assistant was a spy. Which is the correct way to punctuate the sentence?

Mercury:

choices: a -Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula; but she was afraid her assistant was a spy. b -Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant, with the secret formula: but she was afraid her assistant was a spy. c -Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula but, she was afraid her assistant was a spy. d -Dr. Burke wanted to trust her assistant with the secret formula, but she was afraid her assistant was a spy.

Mercury:

notice how there are two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction. therefore, there needs to be a comma before the coordinating conjunction

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