
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 tailor met a tortoise sitting under a tree. When the tortoise was the tailor’s age, the tailor was only a quarter of his current age. When the tree was the tortoise’s age, the tortoise was only a seventh of its current age. If the sum of their ages is now  $264$ , how old is the tortoise?

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