
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 book has 960 pages, and Xiao Ming originally planned to finish it in 20 days. However, he actually read 12 more pages per day than planned. How many days did it actually take him to finish?

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