
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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In Mrs. Lee's language class, there are nine more boys than girls, and there are a total of 25 students. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?
A) $2 : 1$
B) $17 : 8$
C) $8 : 17$
D) $9 : 16$

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