
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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Given John the painter had enough paint initially to paint 50 similarly sized rooms, and after dropping five cans of paint he was left with enough to paint 40 rooms, determine how many cans of paint he used for these 40 rooms.

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