
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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In an International track meet, 256 sprinters participate in a 100-meter dash competition. If the track has 8 lanes, and only the winner of each race advances to the next round while the others are eliminated, how many total races are needed to determine the champion sprinter?

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