
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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Let $\triangle DEF$ have side lengths $DE=17$, $DF=15$, and $EF=8$. Two circles are located inside $\angle EDF$ which are tangent to rays $\overline{DE}$, $\overline{DF}$, and segment $\overline{EF}$. Compute the distance between the centers of these two circles.

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