Parallel sentences are balanced and easy for readers to understand.

Choose which sentence has the better parallel structure.

1.Although the presentation is extremely long, it outlines the research, analyzes the data, and provides clear recommendations that are useful in the future.

2.Although the presentation was extremely long, it outlined the research, analyzed the data, and provided clear recommendations that will be useful in the future

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure