
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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John had a long strip of colored paper, which he used $\frac{5}{8}$ of to cover five books for a school project. If all the books were of the same size and required an equal amount of paper, what fraction of the paper strip did he use to cover each book?

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