
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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The ages of Ron's four nephews are distinct single-digit positive integers. Two of the nephews' ages multiplied together yield $36$, while the other two multiply to give a product of $40$. What is the sum of the ages of Ron's four nephews?
A) 24
B) 25
C) 26
D) 27
E) 28

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