
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 merchant packaged his biscuits (all of the same quality) in boxes weighing 16, 17, 23, 39, and 40 pounds respectively, and did not wish to sell them otherwise than in whole boxes. A customer asked for 100 pounds of biscuits.

Is it possible to fulfill this order? If not, how close can you get to the number 100? The merchant has enough boxes of each weight.

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