
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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Fedya was 7 kopecks short of buying a portion of ice cream, and Masha was only 1 kopeck short. However, even when they combined all their money, it was still not enough to buy one portion of ice cream. How much did one portion of ice cream cost?

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