
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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Pat intended to multiply a number by 4 but accidentally divided by 4. Pat then planned to add 18 but instead subtracted 18. After these mistakes, the result was 12. What was the original number?

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