
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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Two players are playing a game. One of them thinks of a sequence of integers ($x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}$), which are single-digit numbers, both positive and negative. The other player is allowed to ask for the value of the sum $a_{1} x_{1}+\ldots+a_{n} x_{n}$, where $(a_{1}, \ldots, a_{n})$ is any chosen set of coefficients. What is the minimum number of questions needed for the guesser to determine the thought-of sequence?

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