
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 bag contains 20 candies: 4 chocolate, 6 mint, and 10 butterscotch. What is the minimum number of candies that must be removed to be certain that at least two candies of each flavor have been eaten?

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