
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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John ate a total of 180 lollipops in seven days. Each day after the first day, he ate four more lollipops than he had eaten on the previous day except on the fourth and seventh days, when he ate twice the lollipops he had eaten the day before. How many lollipops did John eat on the fifth day?

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