
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 fishermen caught several crucian carps and pikes. Each fisherman caught as many crucian carps as the total number of pikes caught by all the other fishermen. How many fishermen were there if the total number of crucian carps caught is 10 times the total number of pikes caught? Justify your answer.

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