
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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Mrs. Li's history class consists of 20 boys. In total, 25 students from her class bring their laptops. If 16 of the students who brought laptops are girls, how many boys did not bring their laptops to class?

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