
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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Three siblings, Andy, Bella, and Charlie, share 36 cookies. Bella eats twice the number of cookies eaten by Andy, and Charlie eats the same number as Andy. If all the cookies are consumed, what is the maximum number of cookies that Andy could have eaten?

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