
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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Brenda's rate of building bricks per hour is 1/8, Brandon's rate of building bricks per hour is 1/12, but when they work together their combined rate is reduced by 15 bricks per hour, and they complete the chimney in 6 hours, calculate the number of bricks in the chimney.

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