
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]


system
A person invested $\$15,000$ in a nine-month term deposit that paid a simple annual interest rate of $8\%$. After nine months, the full amount including interest earned was then invested in another nine-month term deposit. After the second period, the total was $\$17,010$. If the annual interest rate for the second term deposit was $r\%$ and interest was compounded annually, what is $r$?

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