
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 person takes 1 hour to pass a message to 2 people, who in turn each take 1 hour to pass the message to 2 different people who are unaware of the message, and so on (each person passes the message only once). If the goal is to pass the message to 55 different people, at least how many hours are needed?

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