
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 rectangular yard measures $30$ meters by $8$ meters and contains a flower bed in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The parallel sides of the trapezoid measure $14$ meters and $24$ meters respectively, and its height from the shorter parallel side to the longer parallel side is $6$ meters. Calculate the fraction of the yard occupied by this flower bed.
A) $\frac{1}{10}$
B) $\frac{1}{4}$
C) $\frac{19}{40}$
D) $\frac{1}{2}$
E) $\frac{3}{8}$

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