
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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Liam has 24 blue balloons, 45 pink balloons, 78 yellow balloons, and 96 purple balloons. He decides to distribute them evenly among his 10 friends, giving out as many balloons as possible to each friend. How many balloons does Liam end up keeping for himself?

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