
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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The ball is rolling perpendicularly to the sideline of a soccer field. Suppose that, moving uniformly decelerated, the ball rolled 4 meters in the first second and 0.75 meters less in the next second. A soccer player, initially 10 meters away from the ball, runs in the direction of the ball to catch up with it. Moving uniformly accelerated, the player ran 3.5 meters in the first second and 0.5 meters more in the next second. How long will it take for the player to catch up with the ball, and will he do it before the ball crosses the sideline, if the player has to run 23 meters to reach the sideline?

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