
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:

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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There are  $1,000,000$  piles of  $1996$  coins in each of them, and in one pile there are only fake coins, and in all the others - only real ones. What is the smallest weighing number that can be used to determine a heap containing counterfeit coins if the scales used have one bowl and allow weighing as much weight as desired with an accuracy of one gram, and it is also known that each counterfeit coin weighs  $9$  grams, and each real coin weighs  $10$  grams?

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