
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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Circle \(\omega\) has a radius of 5 and is centered at \(O\). Point \(A\) lies outside \(\omega\) such that \(OA = 13\). The two tangents to \(\omega\) passing through \(A\) are drawn, and points \(B\) and \(C\) are chosen on them (one on each tangent), such that line \(BC\) is tangent to \(\omega\) and \(\omega\) lies outside triangle \(ABC\). Compute \(AB + AC\) given that \(BC = 7\).

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