
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 the process of using the 0.618 method to select trial points, if the experimental interval is $[2, 4]$ and the first two trial points are consecutively $x_1$ and $x_2$, and if the experimental result at $x_1$ is better, then the value of the third trial point is?

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