
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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In a finance class, there are 48 students. In a skills competition, 28 students participated in the abacus competition, 23 students participated in the cash counting competition, and another 5 students did not participate in either. The number of students who participated in both the abacus and cash counting competitions is ___.

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