
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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Suppose \( x \neq y \), and the sequences \( x, a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, y \) and \( b_{1}, x, b_{2}, b_{3}, y, b_{4} \) are both arithmetic sequences. What is \( \frac{b_{4}-b_{3}}{a_{2}-a_{1}} \) equal to?

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