
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 team of lumberjacks was cutting trees in large and small plots, where the area of the small plot is 3 times less than the area of the large plot. The part of the team working on the large plot had 8 more lumberjacks than the part working on the small plot. When the tree cutting on the large plot was finished, the part of the team working on the small plot was still working. What is the maximum number of lumberjacks that could have been in the team?

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