
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 biotech company needs to hire a number of new researchers so that 120 of them will work on genetics research, 90 will work on microbiology research, and exactly 40 will work on both genetics and microbiology (these 40 are included in the 120 and 90 mentioned above). What is the minimum number of researchers that the company needs to hire?

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