
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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John's quiz scores were 78, 82, 88, 94, and 90. Before calculating his mean score, John decided to discard his lowest score. What is his mean score using the remaining four scores?

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