
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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On Sunday, guests visited Xiaoxiao's home. Her mother asked Xiaoxiao to boil water and make tea for the guests. Xiaoxiao started the task: boiling water took 8 minutes, washing the teapot took 1 minute, washing the teacups took 2 minutes, fetching the tea leaves took 2 minutes, and brewing the tea took 1 minute. Could you calculate how long it took for Xiaoxiao to serve tea to the guests as quickly as possible?

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