
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 7 feet per second along a straight path where trash pails are positioned every 150 feet. A garbage truck traveling at 14 feet per second in the same direction as Michael stops for 20 seconds at each pail. When Michael passes a pail, he sees the truck just leaving the pail 150 feet ahead. Determine how many times Michael and the truck will meet.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 5

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