
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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Chicks hatch on the night from Sunday to Monday. For two weeks, a chick sits with its beak open, during the third week it silently grows feathers, and during the fourth week it flies out of the nest. Last week, there were 20 chicks in the nest sitting with their beaks open, and 14 growing feathers, while this week 15 chicks were sitting with their beaks open and 11 were growing feathers.

a) How many chicks were sitting with their beaks open two weeks ago? 

b) How many chicks will be growing feathers next week?

Record the product of these numbers as the answer.

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