
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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11 people were standing in line under the rain, each holding an umbrella. They stood so close together that the umbrellas touched each other. Once the rain stopped, people closed their umbrellas and maintained a distance of 50 cm between each other. By how many times did the length of the queue decrease? Assume people can be considered as points and umbrellas as circles with a radius of 50 cm.

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