
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 store owner bought 2000 pencils at $0.20 each. He incurs an additional cost of $0.05 per pencil for packaging. If he sells the pencils for $0.50 each, how many pencils must he sell to make a profit of exactly $200.00?
A) 1250
B) 1300
C) 1350
D) 1400
E) 1450

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