
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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Pencils in quantities ranging from 200 to 300 can be packed into red boxes containing 10 each or blue boxes containing 12 each. When packed into red boxes, 7 pencils were left over, and when packed into blue boxes, 3 pencils were short. How many pencils were there to be packed?

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