
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 the book "Algorithms Statute", there is a problem: "A mute comes to buy meat and finds it difficult to express the amount of money. One pound (16 ounces) less thirty cents, eight ounces more eighteen cents, try to ask those who can calculate, how much meat is it in total?" The meaning is that a mute comes to buy meat and cannot express the amount of money. When buying one pound (16 ounces), it is still 30 cents short, and when buying eight ounces, it is 18 cents more. The problem asks for the total amount of meat and the price of the meat. Then, in this problem, the price of meat per ounce is \_\_\_\_\_\_ cents.

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