
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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The city's bus network is organized as follows:

1) From each stop, it is possible to reach any other stop without transfer.
2) For each pair of routes, there is exactly one unique stop where passengers can transfer from one route to the other.
3) Each route has exactly three stops.

How many bus routes are in the city? (It is known that there is more than one route.)

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