
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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Forty-nine books are arranged from left to right in order of increasing prices. The price of each book differs by $\textdollar{5}$ from that of each adjacent book. The price of the last book is twice the combined price of the middle book and its two direct neighbors. What is the price of the middle book?
**A)** \(\textdollar{20}\)  
**B)** \(\textdollar{24}\)  
**C)** \(\textdollar{28}\)  
**D)** \(\textdollar{32}\)

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