
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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Peter the penguin likes catching fish. On Monday, he realised that if he had caught three times as many fish as he actually did, he would have had 24 more fish. How many fish did Peter catch?

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