
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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Let \( a \) be the number of positive multiples of \( 8 \) that are less than \( 40 \). Let \( b \) be the number of positive integers that are less than \( 40 \), and a multiple of \( 4 \) and a multiple of \( 2 \). Compute \( (a - b)^3 \).

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