
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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A jar contains $120$ balls, where $45\%$ are red and the rest are blue. Determine how many blue balls need to be removed so that the percentage of red balls becomes $75\%$. (No red balls are to be removed.)
A) 36   
B) 42   
C) 48   
D) 54   
E) 60

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