
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 snail crawls on a number line, starting at position 3. First, it moves to position -5, then reverses direction to crawl to 8, and finally, it turns around again and crawls to 0. Calculate the total number of units the snail crawls.

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