
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 chemical company has a mixture containing acid and water. Initially, the mixture consists of some unknown quantities of acid ($a$ ounces) and water ($w$ ounces). First, if 2 ounces of water are added to the mixture, the percentage of acid becomes 25%. Next, if instead of adding water, 2 ounces of acid were added to the original mixture, the percentage of acid becomes 37.5%. How much acid was in the mixture originally?
A) 3 ounces
B) 4 ounces
C) 5 ounces
D) 6 ounces

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