
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 brigade of mechanics can complete a certain task 15 hours faster than a brigade of apprentices. If the brigade of apprentices works for 18 hours on the task, and then the brigade of mechanics continues working on the task for 6 hours, only 0.6 of the entire task will be completed. How much time is required for the brigade of apprentices to complete the entire task on their own?

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