
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 bag of apples is to be distributed evenly to 8 students in a class, and the apples that are left over will be thrown out. If each student receives the greatest possible number of apples, what is the greatest possible number of apples that could be thrown out?

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