
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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Suppose Ravi has a $5 \times 7$ index card. If he shortens the length of one side by $2$ inches, the area becomes $21$ square inches. What would the area of the card be in square inches if, instead, he shortens the length of the other side by $2$ inches?
A) 21 square inches
B) 23 square inches
C) 25 square inches
D) 27 square inches 
E) 29 square inches

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