
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 places three ounces of coffee into a ten-ounce cup and places seven ounces of milk into a second cup of the same size. He then pours one third of the coffee from the first cup to the second and, after stirring thoroughly, pours one quarter of the liquid in the second cup back to the first cup. What fraction of the liquid in the first cup is now milk?
A) $\frac{1}{4}$   
B) $\frac{2}{7}$   
C) $\frac{7}{16}$   
D) $\frac{3}{8}$

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