
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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In a math exercise, Alex was asked by his teacher to subtract 5 from a certain number and then divide the result by 8. Instead, Alex subtracted 8 and then divided the result by 5, yielding an answer of 79. What would his answer have been if he had solved the problem correctly?
**A)** 48
**B)** 49
**C)** 50
**D)** 51

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