
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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Given that bricklayer Brenda would take 8 hours to build a chimney alone and bricklayer Brandon would take 12 hours to build it alone, and when they work together, their combined output is decreased by 12 bricks per hour, find the total number of bricks in the chimney.

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