
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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A new operation is defined as follows: $a \otimes b = ab + a - b$, such as $1 \otimes 3 = 1 \times 3 + 1 - 3 = 1$.
1. Calculate $((-2) \otimes 5) \otimes 6$
2. Does this newly defined operation satisfy the commutative law? Please give an example to illustrate.

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