
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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In a school, $\frac{1}{4}$ of all the ninth graders are paired with $\frac{1}{3}$ of all the sixth graders in a mentoring program. If the total number of sixth and ninth graders is 400, and each pairing consists of one ninth grader and one sixth grader, what fraction of the total number of students have a buddy?
A) $\frac{1}{7}$
B) $\frac{2}{7}$
C) $\frac{1}{3}$
D) $\frac{1}{4}$

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