
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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At the beginning of a journey, the mileage odometer read $35,420$ miles. The driver topped up the tank with $5$ gallons of gas. During the journey, the driver filled the tank again with $10$ gallons when the odometer read $35,700$ miles, and then once more with $15$ gallons at $36,050$ miles. At the end of the journey, the driver filled up with $25$ gallons when the odometer had reached $36,600$ miles. Calculate the car's average miles-per-gallon (MPG) for the entire trip.
A) 21.5
B) 22.5
C) 23.6
D) 24.7
E) 25.8

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