
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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Altitudes $\overline{AP}$ and $\overline{BQ}$ of an acute triangle $\triangle ABC$ intersect at point $H$. If $HP=8$ and $HQ=3$, then calculate $(BP)(PC)-(AQ)(QC)$.

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