
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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Ming, Catherine, and Lucas went to the store to buy pencils for a school project. Ming bought 48 pencils, Catherine bought 36 pencils, and Lucas bought 60 pencils. If each package of pencils at the store contains the same number of pencils, what is the largest possible number of pencils that could be in each package?

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