
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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A person avoids walking along two adjacent sides of a rectangular field and instead takes a shortcut along the farm's diagonal, thus saving a distance equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ of the length of the rectangle. What is the ratio of the shorter side to the longer side of the rectangle?

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