
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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At a celebration, Ted's age is 17 years more than twice Sally's age. Alex is half as old as Sally. The sum of their ages is 72. How old is Ted?

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