
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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Five parcels of land are given. In each step, we divide one parcel into three or four smaller ones. Assume that, after several steps, the number of obtained parcels equals four times the number of steps made. How many steps were performed?

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