
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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Bricklayer Brenda would take $8$ hours to build a chimney alone, and bricklayer Brandon would take $12$ hours to build it alone. When they work together, their efficiency is diminished, resulting in a decreased output of $15$ bricks per hour due to their chatting. Given that they complete the chimney in $6$ hours when working together, determine the total number of bricks in the chimney.

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