
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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Solve the equation with one unknown and verify the solution by substitution. By doing this, are you only ensuring that no gross errors were made during the calculations, or could there be a more significant goal?

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