
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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Xiaoming can run 8 steps while his father can only run 5 steps, but the distance covered by 2 steps of his father is equivalent to the distance covered by 5 steps of Xiaoming. If Xiaoming runs 27 steps ahead before his father starts chasing him, calculate the minimum number of steps his father needs to run to catch up with Xiaoming.

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