
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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Ms. Chen has two options to travel from her home to her office. Route X is 8 miles long, and she travels at an average speed of 32 miles per hour. Route Y is 7 miles long, with an average speed of 45 miles per hour, except for two school zones: one is 1 mile where she must reduce her speed to 25 miles per hour and another 0.5 mile where she travels at 15 miles per hour. How many minutes faster is Route Y compared to Route X?
**A)** 2.5 minutes
**B)** 3.27 minutes
**C)** 3.75 minutes
**D)** 4.1 minutes

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