
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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Two siblings, Ben and Beth, decide to share 36 cookies. Beth eats twice or thrice the number of cookies eaten by Ben. If they finish all 36 cookies, what is the maximum number of cookies Ben could have eaten?

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