
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 baseball team played twelve games, scoring runs consecutively from 1 to 12 in each game. They lost by two runs in exactly six of these games. In each of the winning games, they scored three more runs than their opponents. Calculate the total number of runs scored by their opponents in these twelve games.
A) 68
B) 70
C) 72
D) 74
E) 76

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