
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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Andy and Bella bake 36 cookies. Bella eats a number of cookies that is at least twice the number of cookies eaten by her brother Andy. If the siblings finish all 36 cookies, then what is the maximum number of cookies that Andy could have eaten?

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