
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 skateboard rolls down a ramp, traveling $8$ inches in the first second and accelerating such that during each successive $1$-second time interval, it travels $9$ inches more than during the previous $1$-second interval. The skateboard takes $20$ seconds to reach the bottom of the ramp. Calculate the total distance it travels, in inches.

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