
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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Steve intended to multiply a number by $8$ but instead divided by $8$. Steve then meant to add $20$ but instead subtracted $20$. After these errors, the result Steve got was $12$. Calculate what the value would have been if Steve had performed the operations correctly.
A) 1980
B) 2000
C) 2068
D) 2100
E) 2200

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