
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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Eric has  $2$  boxes of apples, with the first box containing red and yellow apples and the second box containing green apples. Eric observes that the red apples make up  $\tfrac{1}{2}$  of the apples in the first box. He then moves all of the red apples to the second box, and observes that the red apples now make up  $\tfrac{1}{3}$  of the apples in the second box. Suppose that Eric has  $28$  apples in total. How many red apples does Eric have?

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