
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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Tom's age is $T$ years, which is the sum of the ages of his three children. His age $N$ years ago was three times the sum of their ages then. What is $T/N$?
A) 2  
B) 3  
C) 4  
D) 5  
E) 6

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