
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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Every day at noon, a scheduled ship departs from Moscow to Astrakhan and from Astrakhan to Moscow. The ship traveling from Moscow takes exactly four days to reach Astrakhan, then stays there for two days, and at noon two days after its arrival in Astrakhan, it departs back to Moscow. The ship traveling from Astrakhan takes exactly five days to reach Moscow and, after resting for two days in Moscow, departs back to Astrakhan. How many ships must be operational on the Moscow - Astrakhan - Moscow route under the described travel conditions?

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