
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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Kartik wants to shade three of the squares in a grid blue, and Lucy wants to shade the remaining two squares red. There are ten possible finished grids. In how many of the finished grids are Lucy's red squares next to each other?

A) 3  
B) 4  
C) 5  
D) 6  
E) 8

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