
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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Huahua is writing letters to Yuanyuan with a pen. When she finishes the 3rd pen refill, she is working on the 4th letter; when she finishes the 5th letter, the 4th pen refill is not yet used up. If Huahua uses the same amount of ink for each letter, how many pen refills does she need to write 16 letters?

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