
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 bus, two hours after starting, encounters a delay which halts it for 45 minutes, after which it continues at $\frac{2}{3}$ of its original speed and arrives $4$ hours late. If the delay had occurred $120$ miles farther along the route, it would have arrived only $3$ hours late. Determine the total distance of the trip in miles.
A) 650 miles
B) 700 miles
C) 720 miles
D) 750 miles
E) 800 miles

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