
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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Two congruent rectangles and a square are placed side by side to form an outer irregular polygonal area, as shown in a diagram. If the area of this outer polygonal shape is $3$ times that of the inner square, what is the ratio of the length of the longer side to the shorter side of each rectangle?
A) $1$
B) $2$
C) $\sqrt{3}$
D) $3$
E) $1.5$

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