
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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Consider a number $x$. Elena takes this number, first multiplies it by $3$, then adds $5$, subtracts $3$ from the result, multiplies by $2$, and finally divides the entire result by $2$. If her final result is $17$, what was the original number?

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