
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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Heather is considering buying a laptop from two different stores. Store $A$ offers $18\%$ off the sticker price followed by a $100 rebate, and store $B$ offers $30\%$ off the same sticker price with no rebate. Heather saves $40 by choosing store $A$ over store $B$. Determine the original sticker price of the laptop.
A) $400
B) $500
C) $600
D) $700

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