
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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Sasha, Pasha, and Arkasha are virtual businessmen. Sasha transferred to Pasha exactly the number of bitcoins that Pasha had. Then Sasha transferred to Arkasha exactly the number of bitcoins that Arkasha had. After that, Pasha transferred to both Sasha and Arkasha the number of bitcoins each of them had before this operation. Finally, Arkasha transferred to both Sasha and Pasha the number of bitcoins each of them had as a result of the previous transactions. After all these payments, each of them ended up with 8 bitcoins. Find the initial number of bitcoins each of them had.

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