
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 the number  $x$ . Using multiply and division operations of any 2 given or already given numbers we can obtain powers with natural exponent  of the number  $x$  (for example,  $x\cdot x=x^{2}$ ,  $x^{2}\cdot x^{2}=x^{4}$ ,  $x^{4}: x=x^{3}$ , etc). Determine the minimal number of operations needed for calculating  $x^{2006}$ .

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