
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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Michael walks at a rate of 3 feet per second along a straight path, and a garbage truck travels at 6 feet per second in the same direction as Michael. The garbage truck stops for 20 seconds at each pail. Given that the pails are spaced every 100 feet, determine the number of times Michael and the garbage truck will meet.

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