
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 soup prepared by tourists on the seashore during a successful fishing trip was good, but due to their lack of culinary experience, they added too little salt, so additional salt had to be added at the table. The next time, for the same amount of soup, they put in twice as much salt as the first time, but even then they had to add salt at the table, although using half the amount of salt compared to the first time. What fraction of the necessary amount of salt was added to the soup by the cook the first time?

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