
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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Consider integers \( \{1, 2, \ldots, 10\} \). A particle is initially at 1. It moves to an adjacent integer in the next step. What is the expected number of steps it will take to reach 10 for the first time?

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