
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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Last month a pet store sold three times as many cats as dogs. If the store had sold the same number of cats but eight more dogs, it would have sold twice as many cats as dogs. How many cats did the pet store sell last month?

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