
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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If Menkara has a $5 \times 7$ index card, and if she shortens the length of one side of this card by 2 inches, the card would have an area of 21 square inches, determine the area of the card in square inches if instead, she doubles the length of the other side.

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