
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 construction supervisor noticed that one of his bricklayers would take 8 hours to construct a particular wall, while the other would need 12 hours. He also saw that when they worked simultaneously, their total efficiency was reduced by 12 bricks per hour due to coordination issues. In need of quickly completing the task, he assigned both workers to it and observed that they completed the wall in 6 hours. How many bricks were in the wall?
A) 260
B) 280
C) 288
D) 300

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