
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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Letters $A, B, C,$ and $D$ represent four different digits from $0,1,2,\ldots,9$. Given that $B = 2$, if $(A+C)/(B+D)$ is an integer that is as large as possible, what is the value of $A+C$?
A) 12
B) 14
C) 15
D) 17
E) 18

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