
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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The diagram shows a smaller rectangle made from three squares, each of area \(25 \ \mathrm{cm}^{2}\), inside a larger rectangle. Two of the vertices of the smaller rectangle lie on the mid-points of the shorter sides of the larger rectangle. The other two vertices of the smaller rectangle lie on the other two sides of the larger rectangle. What is the area, in \(\mathrm{cm}^{2}\), of the larger rectangle?

A) 125  
B) 136  
C) 149  
D) 150  
E) 172

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