
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 the expression $$\frac{3x^2 + 2x}{(x-1)(x+3)} - \frac{5x + 3}{(x-1)(x+3)}.$$ Evaluate this expression for values of $x$ other than $x=1$ and $x=-3$, where division by zero occurs.
**A)** $\frac{3(x^2-x-1)}{(x-1)(x+3)}$  
**B)** $3$  
**C)** $0$  
**D)** $-3$  
**E)** $1+\sqrt{5}$

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