
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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Paint is to be mixed so that the ratio of red paint to white paint is 5 to 3. If Ben wants to make 50 cans of the mixture and all cans hold the same volume of paint, how many cans of red paint will he need?

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