
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 Ms. Green's history class, there are 16 boys and 20 students overall brought their notebooks to class. If 11 of the students who brought notebooks are girls, how many boys did not bring their notebooks to class?

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