
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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Boys and girls are standing in a circle (there are both), a total of 20 children. It is known that each boy's neighbor in the clockwise direction is a child in a blue T-shirt, and each girl's neighbor in the counterclockwise direction is a child in a red T-shirt. Can you uniquely determine how many boys are in the circle?

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