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But what does it refer to in the option B?
That's the reason option B is incorrect (it is not clear what the it refers to). :)
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Two students moved to Seattle and another moved to the Portland area during the spring trimester, and decreased to 19 the number of second-grade students who could participate in the spelling bee scheduled for the end of the school year.

(A) and decreased

(B) and it decreased

(C) and it decreases

(D) and decreases

(E) decreasing

Clause + Comma + Verb-ing is used to -

a. either presents additional information about the preceding clause,
b. or presents the result of the preceding clause.

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(A) and decreased -what decreased refers to is not clear, hence incorrect

(B) and it decreased- ambigious pronoun it

(C) and it decreases- -pronoun error

(D) and decreases -incorrect-illogical meaning

(E) decreasing-correcty describes previous clause
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