
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 department store offers two promotions. Promotion A says, "Buy one pair of shoes, get the second pair at a 40% discount." Promotion B says, "Buy one pair of shoes, get the second pair at $15 off. If both pairs exceed $70, you get an additional $5 off." Julian wants to buy two pairs of shoes, one costing $50 and the other $25. He can only use one of the promotions. Julian needs to decide which promotion will save him the most money. Calculate the savings Julian makes by choosing the better promotion over the other.

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