
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 Xiaogang start swimming at the same time from opposite sides of a 90-meter-long swimming pool. Xiaoming swims at a speed of 3 meters per second, and Xiaogang swims at a speed of 2 meters per second. They swim back and forth for 12 minutes. Assuming no time is lost in turning, the number of times they meet is ____.

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