
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 newly admitted freshmen at the university were divided into study groups so that each group had an equal number of students. Due to a reduction in the number of specializations, the number of groups decreased by 9, and all freshmen were redistributed into groups; the groups again became equal in number, with each having less than 30 students. It is known that there were 2376 freshmen in total. How many groups are there now?

*Answer: 99.*

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