
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 that a group of friends is sharing a bag of candy, and on the first day they eat \(\frac{1}{2}\) of the candies in the bag, on the second day they eat \(\frac{2}{3}\) of the remaining candies, on the third day they eat \(\frac{3}{4}\) of the remaining candies, on the fourth day they eat \(\frac{4}{5}\) of the remaining candies, and on the fifth day they eat \(\frac{5}{6}\) of the remaining candies, with 1 candy remaining in the bag at the end of the fifth day, calculate the number of candies that were in the bag before the first day.

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