
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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Several people observed a snail for \( t \) minutes. Each person observed it for exactly 1 minute and noticed that the snail crawled exactly 1 meter during that minute. The snail was never left without observation at any moment. What is the minimum and maximum distance it could have crawled in these \( t \) minutes?

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