
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 begins shuttling tourists to an island every hour starting at 10 AM, with its last trip starting at 4 PM. On the 10 AM trip, there were 100 tourists on the ferry, and on each successive trip, the number of tourists decreased by 2 from the previous trip. Calculate the total number of tourists transported to the island that day.

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