
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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Ming and Catherine went together to buy some markers at a stationery store. Ming bought 72 markers and Catherine bought 48 markers. Given that every pack of markers at the store contains the same number of markers, what is the largest possible number of markers that could be in each package?

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