
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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Ike and Mike enter a bakery with $50.00 to spend. Sandwiches at this bakery cost $6.00 each, and soft drinks cost $1.50 each. Additionally, if they buy more than 5 sandwiches, they receive a $5.00 discount on the total sandwich purchase. Determine the number of total items, counting both sandwiches and soft drinks, that they will buy with this plan.

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