
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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A ball rolls perpendicularly to the sidelines of a football field. Suppose, moving with uniform deceleration, the ball rolled 4 meters in the first second and 0.75 meters less in the next second. A footballer, initially 10 meters away from the ball, started running in the direction of the ball's movement to catch up. Moving with uniform acceleration, the footballer ran 3.5 meters in the first second and 0.5 meters more in the next second. How long will it take for the footballer to catch up with the ball, and will he catch it before it crosses the sideline if he needs to run 23 meters to the sideline?

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