
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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Five friends are planning a road trip and splitting the gas cost equally. Suddenly, three additional friends decide to join them. After redistributing the cost among all the friends, the share of the gas cost for each of the initial five decreased by $\$$15.00. What was the original total cost of the gas?

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