
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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During a field practice of the "Research and Study" group at a certain school, it was found that a certain plant's main stem grows a certain number of branches, and each branch grows the same number of small branches. The total number of main stems, branches, and small branches is $43$. Find the number of small branches each branch of this plant grows.

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