
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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In Mr. Lee's mathematics class, there are 40 students. On the day of the test, only 28 students were present and they achieved an average score of $68\%$. The next day, the remaining 12 students, who were absent due to a school trip, took the test and their average score was $77\%$. What is the new class average?

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