
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 fruit mix consists of apples, oranges, bananas, and plums. The fruit mix contains exactly $240$ pieces of fruit. Every orange amounts to three times the number of apples, bananas are twice as many as oranges, and plums are five times the number of bananas. How many apples are in the mix?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7
E) 8

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