
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 student took 31 exams over 5 years of study. Each subsequent year he took more exams than in the previous year, and in the fifth year he took three times as many exams as in the first year. How many exams did he take in the fourth year?

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