
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 chocolate bar is divided into 24 sections by 3 horizontal and 5 vertical notches for easier splitting. We want to cut it into pieces along the notches. Each cut can only split one already formed piece into two. What is the minimum number of cuts required?

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