
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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Let $x$ and $y$ be two distinct positive real numbers. Define three sequences $(A_n),$ $(Q_n),$ and $(H_n)$, where $A_1$ is the arithmetic mean, $Q_1$ is the quadratic mean (root mean square), and $H_1$ is the harmonic mean of $x$ and $y$, respectively. Then for $n \ge 2,$ $A_n,$ $Q_n,$ and $H_n$ are the arithmetic mean, quadratic mean, and harmonic mean of $A_{n - 1}$ and $H_{n - 1},$ respectively.

Which of the following statements are true?
1. $A_1 > A_2 > A_3 > \dotsb.$
2. $A_1 = A_2 = A_3 = \dotsb.$
4. $A_1 < A_2 < A_3 < \dotsb.$
8. $Q_1 > Q_2 > Q_3 > \dotsb.$
16. $Q_1 = Q_2 = Q_3 = \dotsb.$
32. $Q_1 < Q_2 < Q_3 < \dotsb.$
64. $H_1 > H_2 > H_3 > \dotsb.$
128. $H_1 = H_2 = H_3 = \dotsb.$
256. $H_1 < H_2 < H_3 < \dotsb.$

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