
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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Dave's flight took off from Chicago at 9:27 AM and landed in Los Angeles at 3:43 PM after an 45-minute layover in Denver, where all cities are in the same time zone. If his flight took $h$ hours and $m$ minutes, where $0 < m < 60$, calculate the value of $h + m$.

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