
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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Michael walks at the rate of 6 feet per second on a long straight pathway. Benches are positioned every 300 feet along the path. A delivery truck traveling at 8 feet per second in the same direction as Michael stops for 45 seconds at each bench. As Michael passes a bench, he notices the truck ahead of him just leaving the next bench. How many times will Michael and the truck meet?
A) 1  
B) 2   
C) 3  
D) 4  
E) 5

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