
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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Rural School B has 120 students enrolled. There are 72 boys and 48 girls. If $\frac{1}{8}$ of the boys and $\frac{1}{4}$ of the girls are absent on one day, what percent of the total student population is absent?

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