
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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Michael and Laura, with their son Tim, all have the same birthday. Michael is 4 years older than Laura, and Tim is 2 years old today. Today marks the first out of 8 occurrences when Laura's age is an exact multiple of Tim's age. Determine the sum of the digits of Michael's age the next time his age is an exact multiple of Tim's age.
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
E) 11

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