
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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Given Jacob and Zain take pencils from a box of 21 pencils without replacing them, and on Monday, Jacob takes \(\frac{2}{3}\) of the number of pencils Zain takes, and on Tuesday, Jacob takes \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the number of pencils Zain takes, then on Wednesday morning, calculate the number of pencils Jacob takes.

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