
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 the number of blue chips is at least one third of the white chips and at most one quarter of the red chips, and the number of chips that are either white or blue amounts to at least 72, determine the minimum number of red chips.

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