
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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In the ancient Chinese mathematics book "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art," there is the following problem: "A person carries gold through five checkpoints. The first checkpoint takes $\frac{1}{2}$ as tax, the second checkpoint takes $\frac{1}{3}$ of the remaining, the third checkpoint takes $\frac{1}{4}$ of the remaining, the fourth checkpoint takes $\frac{1}{5}$ of the remaining, and the fifth checkpoint takes $\frac{1}{6}$ of the remaining. The total tax collected from the five checkpoints is exactly 1 pound. How much gold did the person initially have?" Let's assume the person initially had x pounds of gold. Then x equals \_\_\_\_\_\_ pounds.

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