
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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Nine cookies of radius 1 inch are cut from a circle of cookie dough with a radius of 3.5 inches. Neighboring cookies are tangent, and all but the center cookie are tangent to the edge of the dough circle. The leftover scrap is reshaped to form another cookie of the same thickness. What is the radius in inches of the scrap cookie?
A) $\sqrt{2.5}$
B) $\sqrt{3.25}$
C) $\sqrt{4}$
D) $\sqrt{3.5}$

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