
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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John jogs at a speed of $6$ feet per second on a long straight path. Benches are located every $300$ feet along the path. A bus traveling at $15$ feet per second in the same direction as John stops for $45$ seconds at each bench. As John reaches a bench, he notices the bus starting from the next bench. Determine how many times John and the bus will meet.
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4

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