
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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The taxi fare in a certain city is as follows: the starting price is $8$ yuan, and the initial distance is $3$ km (within $3$ km, the fare is based on the starting price), after $3$ km, every kilometer costs $2$ yuan. If a person paid a total of $20$ yuan from point A to point B by taxi, then the distance between point A and point B is ____ km.

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