
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 Mrs. Allen's biology class, there are 24 boys, and 30 of her students bring their microscopes to class. If 18 of the students who brought microscopes are girls, then how many boys didn't bring their microscopes to class?

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