
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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Xiaoming and Xiaohua are both in Primary 6 (1) class, which has between 20 and 30 students, and each person has a unique birth date. Xiaoming says, "The number of people in this class who are older than me is twice the number who are younger than me." Xiaohua says, "The number of people in this class who are older than me is three times the number who are younger than me." How many students are in this class?

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