
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 container is filled with fine sand of volume \(acm^3\). The sand leaks slowly and uniformly from a tiny hole at the bottom of the container. After \(t\) minutes, the remaining volume of sand is \(y=ae^{-bt}(cm^3)\). It is observed that after \(8\) minutes, half of the sand is left in the container. Then, after \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \(min.\), the sand in the container will be only one-eighth of the original amount.

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