
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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Find the result when 8 is added to the Highest Common Divisor (HCD) of $2548$ and $364$, and then $12$ is subtracted from the sum.
A) 340
B) 350
C) 360
D) 370
E) 380

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