
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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What is the arithmetic mean of the smallest elements of  $r$ -subsets of set  $\{1, 2, \dots , n\}$  where  $1 \leq r \leq n$ ? $ 
\textbf{a)}\ \dfrac{n+1}{r+1}
\qquad\textbf{b)}\ \dfrac{r(n+1)}{r+1}
\qquad\textbf{c)}\ \dfrac{nr}{r+1}
\qquad\textbf{d)}\ \dfrac{r(n+1)}{(r+1)n}
\qquad\textbf{e)}\ \text{None of above}
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