
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 school and a factory are connected by a road. At 2:00 PM, the school sends a car to the factory to pick up a model worker for a report at the school. The round trip takes 1 hour. The model worker starts walking towards the school from the factory at 1:00 PM. On the way, he meets the car and immediately gets in, arriving at the school at 2:40 PM. How many times faster is the car than the walking speed of the model worker?

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