
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 father and his son are skating in a circular skating rink. When they skate in the same direction, the father occasionally catches up with the son. However, when they skate in opposite directions, their encounters are five times more frequent. Therefore, the father's skating speed is ___ times the son's speed.

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