<span>The reflexive property of equality states that a quantity must be equal to itself. The correct option is C. This postulate futher states that all same real numbers are equal, for example; 5 = 5. The reflexive property of equality works to remove ambiguity from mathematical statements.</span>
The answer is B. "The coffee shop was usually full" and "Today there were many open tables" are both independent clauses joined together with the coordinating conjunction "but" :)