
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 Martian pulls out socks one by one from a drawer containing at least five socks of each of three colors, red, white, and blue, without looking. Determine the minimum number of socks the Martian must remove from the drawer to guarantee that there will be 5 socks of the same color.

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