
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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A total of 32 students from Hope Elementary School participated in both Go and Chess competitions. Among them, 18 students participated in the Go competition, and 23 students participated in the Chess competition. The number of students who participated in both the Go and Chess competitions is ________.

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