
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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A ferry boat transports visitors to a resort starting at 9 AM until the final ride at 5 PM, on an hourly schedule. On the initial 9 AM trip, there are 120 visitors and with each subsequent trip, the number of visitors decreases by 2. Determine the total number of visitors carried to the resort that particular day.

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