
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Harry and Terry are each told to calculate $12 - (3 + 7) + x$. Harry calculates it correctly. Terry ignores the parentheses and computes $12 - 3 + 7 + x$. If Harry's answer is $H$ and Terry's answer is $T$, what is $H - T + x$?
A) $-12 + x$
B) $-14 + x$
C) $-10 + x$
D) $-16 + x$
E) $-18 + x$

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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