
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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LeRoy, Bernardo, and Clara went on a month-long project and agreed to share the costs equally. Each of them paid for various project expenses. At the end of the project, it turned out that LeRoy had paid $L$ dollars, Bernardo had paid $B$ dollars, Clara had paid $C$ dollars, and Clara also covered an additional expense of $X$ dollars that was not shared. How many dollars must LeRoy give to Bernardo so that excluding Clara's individual expense, they share the costs equally?
A) $\frac{L + B + C}{3}$
B) $\frac{B + C - X - L}{2}$
C) $\frac{B + C - X - 2L}{3}$
D) $\frac{L + B + C - X}{4}$
E) $\frac{B - L}{2}$

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