
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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An English ship captain punished his rebellious crew by shooting every tenth person until only 16 out of 32 people remained. One half of the crew was English and the other half was Scottish. The captain, who favored the English more, arranged it so that only Scots were every tenth person. How did he arrange the crew?

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