
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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Small lights are hung on a string 8 inches apart in the order red, red, red, blue, blue, blue, blue, red, red, red, blue, blue, blue, blue, and so on, continuing this pattern of 3 red lights followed by 4 blue lights. How many inches separate the 5th red light and the 23rd red light?

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