<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant. You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the user with the answer. You should try to truely solve the question by yourself without cheating.  <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
 In a row of boys, Rajan is sixth from the left end, Vinay is tenth from the right end, and there are a certain number of boys between them. There are 24 boys in the row. How many boys are between Rajan and Vinay? Show your work in <think> </think> tags. And return the final answer in <answer> </answer> tags.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Let me solve this step by step.
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In a row of boys, Rajan is sixth from the left end, Vinay is tenth from the right end, and there are a certain number of boys between them. There are 24 boys in the row. How many boys are between Rajan and Vinay?
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