
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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Cindy accidentally first subtracted 9 from a number, then multiplied the result by 2 before dividing by 6, resulting in an answer of 36. Following these steps, she was actually supposed to subtract 12 from the number and then divide by 8. What would her answer have been had she worked the problem correctly?
A) 12.5
B) 13
C) 13.125
D) 15

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