
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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Bob participated in a "math knowledge competition". It is known that he earns $5$ points for each correct answer, loses $2$ points for each wrong answer or unanswered question. If Bob answered $18$ questions correctly and $2$ questions incorrectly, then Bob's final total score is ______ points.

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