
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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A lemming starts at a corner of a rectangular area measuring 8 meters by 15 meters. It dashes diagonally across the rectangle towards the opposite corner for 11.3 meters. Then the lemming makes a $90^{\circ}$ right turn and sprints upwards for 3 meters. Calculate the average of the shortest distances to each side of the rectangle.

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