
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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Sam walks at the rate of $3$ feet per second on a long straight path. Benches are located every $300$ feet along the path. A street cleaner driving at $9$ feet per second in the same direction as Sam stops for $40$ seconds at each bench. As Sam passes a bench, he notices the cleaner ahead of him just leaving the next bench. How many times will Sam and the cleaner meet?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

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