
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 group of students is organizing a bake sale to fund their sports team. Initially, $30\%$ of the group are girls. Later, two boys leave and two girls join, and then $40\%$ of the group are girls. How many girls were initially in the group?
A) 4  
B) 6  
C) 8  
D) 10  
E) 12

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