
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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Let $c$ be the number of cows, $h$ be the number of chickens, and $d$ be the number of ducks. Given that there are 18 more legs than twice the number of total heads, and ducks are counted as having 2 heads each, find the number of cows when there were 8 chickens and 3 ducks.

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