
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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A villa and a restaurant were sold for $\$15,000$ each. The villa was sold at a loss of $25\%$ of the cost, and the restaurant at a gain of $15\%$ of the cost. The entire transaction resulted in:
A) Loss of \$2,000
B) Loss of \$3,000
C) Loss of \$3,043
D) Gain of \$3,000
E) None of these

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