
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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Mr. Aaron K. Citizen received an inheritance. He paid $25\%$ in federal taxes on the inheritance, and also paid $15\%$ of his total inheritance in state taxes. He paid a total of $\textdollar15000$ for both taxes. How much was his total inheritance?
A) 27500
B) 32500
C) 35000
D) 37500
E) 40000

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