
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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Initially, one-third of the people in a conference hall step outside, and of those remaining, one-fourth start to take notes. After these adjustments, there are 27 people who are neither outside nor taking notes. The original number of people in the conference hall was
A) 42  
B) 48  
C) 54  
D) 60  
E) 66

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