
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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John was instructed by his teacher to subtract 7 from a certain number and then divide the result by 5. Instead, he subtracted 15 and then divided the result by 7, which gave him an answer of 25. What would John's answer have been had he solved the problem correctly?
A) 30
B) 34
C) 36
D) 40
E) 45

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