
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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To complete a manuscript, it takes 5 hours for person A to do it alone, and 8 hours for person B to do it alone. If person A works alone for 2 hours first, and then person B joins to work on it together, how many more hours are needed to finish the manuscript?

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