
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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Mom asks Xiao Ming to boil water and make tea for guests. Washing the kettle takes 1 minute, boiling water takes 15 minutes, washing the teapot takes 1 minute, washing the teacups takes 1 minute, and getting the tea leaves takes 2 minutes. Xiao Ming estimates that it will take 20 minutes to complete these tasks. According to the most efficient arrangement you think of, how many minutes will it take to make the tea?

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