
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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Ben and Anna each have some CDs. If Anna gives six of her CDs to Ben, he would then have twice as many CDs as Anna, and if instead Anna takes six CDs from Ben, then they would have the same number of CDs. Calculate the total number of CDs that Ben and Anna have.

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