
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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An investor places $\$15,\!000$ into a one-year term deposit with an annual simple interest rate of $10\%$. After a year, the total amount is reinvested into another term deposit for one more year. At the end of this period, the investment totals $\$17,\!850$. What is the annual interest rate, $s\%$, for the second term deposit?

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