
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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Ronnie has 40 pieces of strawberry gum and 60 pieces of banana gum. Some of the pieces are in complete packs, while others are loose. Each complete pack contains exactly \( y \) pieces of gum. If Ronnie loses one pack of strawberry gum, then the ratio of the number of pieces of strawberry gum he has to the number of pieces of banana gum remains the same as if he instead finds 3 packs of banana gum. Find \( y \).

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