
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 bacteria in a jar quintuple every 30 seconds. After four minutes, there are 590,490 bacteria in the jar. How many were in the jar at the beginning of the experiment?

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