
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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If Samuel has a $3 \times 7$ index card and shortening the length of one side by $1$ inch results in an area of $15$ square inches, determine the area of the card in square inches if instead he shortens the length of the other side by $1$ inch.

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