
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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Xiao Jun collected some pictures. He gave away one less than half of his pictures to Xiao Ming, and he had 25 pictures left. How many pictures did Xiao Jun originally have?

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