
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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Mia and Jake ordered a pizza cut into 12 equally-sized slices. Mia wanted a plain pizza but Jake wanted pepperoni on one-third of the pizza. The cost of a plain pizza was $12, and the additional cost for pepperoni on part of the pizza was $3. Jake ate all the pepperoni slices and three plain slices. Mia ate the rest. Each paid for what they ate. How much more did Jake pay than Mia?

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