
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]


system
Mr. Wang has 45 candies, and he decides to eat some each day. Because these candies are very tasty, from the second day onward, the number of candies he eats each day is 3 more than the previous day. If he finishes all the candies in 5 days, how many candies did Mr. Wang eat on the second day?

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