
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 man asks: "How old are you, my son?"

To this question, I answered:

"If my father were seven times as old as I was eight years ago, then one quarter of my father's current age would surely be fourteen years now. Please calculate from this how many years weigh upon my shoulders!"

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