
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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Instead of walking around his rectangular farm on two adjacent sides, a farmer takes a shortcut along the diagonal of the farm and saves a distance equal to one-third the length of the longer side. What is the ratio of the shorter side of the rectangle to the longer side?
A) \(\frac{1}{4}\)
B) \(\frac{1}{3}\)
C) \(\frac{2}{5}\)
D) \(\frac{1}{2}\)
E) \(\frac{5}{12}\)

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