
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 chocolate bar consists of 40 pieces. What is the minimum number of breaks required to obtain all 40 pieces, if breaking multiple pieces simultaneously is not allowed?

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