
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 a language program, 30 students are either taking Spanish or German. Alex and Jamie are the only two students taking both languages. Alex points out that there are three times as many students in the Spanish class as there are in the German class. How many students are taking Spanish but not German?

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