
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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On the beach, there was a pile of apples belonging to 3 monkeys. The first monkey came, divided the apples into 3 equal piles with 1 apple remaining, then it threw the remaining apple into the sea and took one pile for itself. The second monkey came, divided the remaining apples into 3 equal piles with 1 apple remaining again, it also threw the remaining apple into the sea and took one pile. The third monkey did the same. How many apples were there originally at least?

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