
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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Three friends, Ben, Charles, and Diana, bake 30 cupcakes. Diana eats twice the number of cupcakes eaten by Ben and the same amount as Charles. If all 30 cupcakes are consumed, what is the maximum number of cupcakes that Ben could have eaten?

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