
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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Carlson was given a bag of candies: chocolate and caramel. In the first 10 minutes, Carlson ate 20\% of all the candies, of which 25\% were caramels. After that, Carlson ate three more chocolate candies, and the proportion of caramels among the candies Carlson had eaten decreased to 20\%. How many candies were in the bag given to Carlson?

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