
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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You plan to distribute your gold coins among 8 close friends. However, you realize that instead of dividing the gold coins into exactly 8 equal piles, 4 people will receive an extra gold coin. Given that you possess fewer than 150 gold coins, what is the maximal number of coins you could have for this scenario to occur?

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