
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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Michael walks at the rate of $5$ feet per second and the garbage truck travels at a rate of $10$ feet per second. Trash pails are located $200$ feet apart and the truck stops for $30$ seconds at each pail. As Michael passes a pail, the truck is just leaving the next pail. Calculate the number of times Michael and the truck will meet.

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