
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 forest researcher notes the heights of 5 consecutive trees, where each tree is either three times as tall or one-third as tall as the one to its right. Due to a spill, some data is unreadable in his notes, shown below. Determine the average height of these trees based on that each height is an integer.
\[\begingroup
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{10pt}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
Tree 1 & \rule{0.4cm}{0.15mm} meters \\
Tree 2 & 18 meters \\
Tree 3 & \rule{0.5cm}{0.15mm} meters \\
Tree 4 & \rule{0.5cm}{0.15mm} meters \\
Tree 5 & \rule{0.5cm}{0.15mm} meters \\
\hline
Average height & \rule{0.5cm}{0.15mm}\text{ .0} meters \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\endgroup\]
**A)** 9.6 meters
**B)** 10.8 meters
**C)** 12.0 meters
**D)** 15.0 meters

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