
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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A powderman sets a fuse for a blast scheduled to occur in $45$ seconds. Immediately after lighting the fuse, he starts to run away at a rate of $10$ yards per second. If the speed of sound is $1200$ feet per second and the powderman's reaction time to the sound is $2$ seconds, determine the distance in yards the powderman had covered when he heard the blast.
A) 300 yd.
B) 400 yd.
C) 461 yd.
D) 500 yd.
E) 550 yd.

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