
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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To organize a batch of books, it takes one person 40 hours to complete. Now, the plan is to have some people work for 4 hours first, then add 2 more people to work together for 8 hours to complete the task. Assuming that these people have the same work efficiency, how many people should be arranged to work first?

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