
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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A pedestrian departed from point \( A \) to point \( B \). After walking 8 km, a second pedestrian left point \( A \) following the first pedestrian. When the second pedestrian had walked 15 km, the first pedestrian was halfway to point \( B \), and both pedestrians arrived at point \( B \) simultaneously. What is the distance between points \( A \) and \( B \)?

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