
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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Define a new operation: \( x \odot y = 18 + x - a \times y \), where \( a \) is a constant. For example:
\[ 1 \odot 2 = 18 + 1 - a \times 2. \]

If \( 2 \odot 3 = 8 \), then what is \( 3 \odot 5 \) and \( 5 \odot 3 \)?

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