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Based on the given sentence above, I can say that it is a compound sentence. What makes this sentence compound is that, it consists of two independent clauses and are connected by a coordinating conjunction "so". Therefore, the answer for this would be the last option: two independent clauses.
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The best way to punctuate the sentence is: "We enjoyed perfect skiing weather," my friends told me. "The sun came out and the wind died down completely."
Taking an idea and rephrasing it so as to use the content of the idea but not the exact wording