
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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Last year Ms. Jane R. Doe received an inheritance. She paid $25\%$ in federal taxes on the inheritance and then $15\%$ of what she had left in state taxes. She paid a total of $\textdollar20000$ for both taxes. How many dollars was her inheritance?
A) 50000
   B) 54000
   C) 55000
   D) 55172
   E) 60000

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