
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 housewife bought some amount of sugar for 2 dollars and 16 cents. If the price of a pound of sugar was 1 cent less, the housewife could have bought 3 more pounds of sugar for the same amount. How many pounds of sugar did she buy?

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