
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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There were 80 students who brought water and 70 students who brought fruit on the spring excursion. There were 6 students who did not bring either. If the number of students who brought both water and fruit is half of the total number of participants, how many students participated in the spring excursion?

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