
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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Instead of walking along two adjacent sides of a rectangular field, a boy took a shortcut along the diagonal of the field and saved a distance equal to $\frac{1}{3}$ of the longer side. What was the ratio of the shorter side to the longer side of the rectangle?
A) $\frac{1}{4}$
B) $\frac{5}{12}$
C) $\frac{2}{5}$
D) $\frac{1}{3}$

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