
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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If there is an object weighing 1998 grams on one tray of a balance scale, and the weights available are 1 gram, 2 grams, 4 grams, 8 grams, ..., with one weight of each, determine the minimum number of weights needed on the other tray to balance it.

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