
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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Find the value of $s$ for which the vector
\[\bold{u} = \begin{pmatrix} 5 \\ -1 \\ -2 \end{pmatrix} + s \begin{pmatrix} 4 \\ 6 \\ -2 \end{pmatrix}\]
is closest to
\[\bold{b} = \begin{pmatrix} 3 \\ 5 \\ 7 \end{pmatrix}.\]

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