
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 father and son are skating in a circle. Occasionally, the father overtakes the son. After the son changes the direction of his movement to the opposite direction, they start meeting 5 times more frequently. By what factor is the father skating faster than the son?

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