
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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The bacteria in a lab dish double in number every three hours. If there are initially 600 bacteria, how many hours will it take for the bacteria count to reach exactly 38,400?

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