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[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Suppose $a,$ $b,$ and $c$ are real numbers such that
\[
\frac{ac}{a + b} + \frac{ba}{b + c} + \frac{cb}{c + a} = -12
\]
and
\[
\frac{bc}{a + b} + \frac{ca}{b + c} + \frac{ab}{c + a} = 5.
\]
Compute the value of
\[
\frac{b}{a + b} + \frac{c}{b + c} + \frac{a}{c + a}.
\]

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