
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 friends met. The first one gave each of the other two friends the same amount of money each of them currently had. After that, the second one gave each of the other two friends the same amount of money each of them currently had. Finally, the third one gave each of the other two friends the same amount of money each of them currently had. After all these transactions, each friend ended up with 8 écus. How much money did each of them initially have?

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