
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 financial advisor invested \$12,000 in an eight-month term deposit that paid a simple annual interest rate of $8\%$. After eight months, he invested the resulting amount in another ten-month term deposit. After ten more months, the investment totaled \$13,\!058.40. If the annual interest rate of the second certificate is \( s\% \), then what is \( s \)?

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