
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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Adnan has a $3 \times 7$ index card. If he reduces the length of one side of this card by $2$ inches, the new area becomes $15$ square inches. What would the area of the card be in square inches if instead he shortens the length of the other side by $2$ inches?
A) 6 square inches
B) 7 square inches
C) 8 square inches
D) 9 square inches
E) 10 square inches

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