
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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Every packet of Snackles (a fictional candy) contains the same number of candies.

The candies in one packet can't be divided equally among $9$ friends because each friend would have the same number of candies and exactly $8$ candies would be left over.

If the candies in two packets are distributed equally among these $9$ friends, determine the smallest number of candies that could be possibly left over.

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