
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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A landscaping team brought some plane trees to plant on both sides of a road at equal distances. If a tree is planted every 8 meters at both ends of the road, then 8 trees are short. If a tree is planted every 9 meters, then 8 trees are left over. What is the length of this road in meters?

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