
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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The mean score of the students who took a mathematics test was 6. Exactly 60% of the students passed the test. The mean score of the students who passed the test was 8. What was the mean score of the students who failed the test?

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

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