
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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There are  $17$  students in Marek's class, and all of them took a test. Marek's score was  $17$  points higher than the arithmetic mean of the scores of the other students. By how many points is Marek's score higher than the arithmetic mean of the scores of the entire class? Justify your answer.

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