
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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Dan the dog spots Cate the cat 50m away. At that instant, Cate begins running away from Dan at 6 m/s, and Dan begins running toward Cate at 8 m/s. Both of them accelerate instantaneously and run in straight lines. Compute the number of seconds it takes for Dan to reach Cate.

*Proposed by Eugene Chen*

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