
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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At a rectangular plaza measuring 500 meters in length and 300 meters in width, flower pots are currently placed every 2.5 meters around the perimeter. They now want to change the spacing to every 2 meters, while keeping the flower pots at the four corners of the plaza unchanged. Determine how many additional flower pots are needed and how many flower pots do not need to be moved.

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