
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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Xiaoming brought 24 homemade souvenirs to sell at the London Olympics. In the morning, he sold each souvenir for 7 pounds, but the number of souvenirs sold was less than half of the total number. In the afternoon, he discounted the price of each souvenir to an integer and sold the rest of the souvenirs. He earned a total of 120 pounds for the entire day. How many souvenirs did he sell in the morning?

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