
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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While Lucy and Ron are fishing 3 miles from shore, their boat springs a leak, and water starts flooding in at a rate of 8 gallons per minute. After rowing halfway to the shore, a second leak adds 10 gallons per minute to the incoming water. The boat can hold a maximum of 50 gallons of water before sinking. Lucy rows the boat towards the shore at a constant speed of 2 miles per hour while Ron bails the water out of the boat. What is the minimum rate, in gallons per minute, at which Ron must bail the boat to avoid sinking before reaching the shore?
A) 10 gallons/minute
B) 12 gallons/minute
C) 15 gallons/minute
D) 20 gallons/minute

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