
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 are 25 ants on a number line; five at each of the coordinates  $1$ ,  $2$ ,  $3$ ,  $4$ , and  $5$ . Each minute, one ant moves from its current position to a position one unit away. What is the minimum number of minutes that must pass before it is possible for no two ants to be on the same coordinate?

*Ray Li*

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