
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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Ants move in both directions on a circular track that is 60 cm long at a speed of 1 cm/s. When two ants collide, they instantly turn around and continue moving in the opposite direction at the same speed. It turned out that in one minute, there were 48 pairwise collisions. How many ants could be on the track?

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